I’ll lead Tories into next election, says embattled Liz Truss

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  1. Given her track record of everything she’s ever said turning out to be wrong, why are we even listening to anything she says?

  2. She’s like Theon Greyjoy giving that big speech before being knocked over the head and given to the Boltons.

  3. I genuinely find it hard to believe anyone can be this removed from reality and be in public office.

    You were elected by less than 1% of the public and have less than 30% support of your own MPs.
    You have in a week plunged the country and the economy into a recession, and left a whole in spending that when reality sinks in, may well lead to bigger cuts than in 2012. Austerity 2.o is the upshot of this Trussanomic Trussterfuck.

    She wanted to fix everything by being fast and furious, but ended up fucked and feckless.

    She should do the decent thing and let the public decide hers and her parties fate.

    Utter utter shitshow

  4. Good. Let’s have that election now then. The country can’t survive being led for two years by someone whose own party has decided needs babysitting by her new Chancellor. It’s fucking absurd.

  5. Clearly she’s delusional. However I don’t understand the optics at play here. By all accounts the men in the grey suites are calling the shots – forcing her to ditch Kwarteng, installing Hunt as a stable pair of hands and de facto leader – who promptly set about ripping up her economic plans and almost everything she stood for in her leadership campaign…

    Yet they’re allowing her to do media interviews? After the utter debacle earlier where Mordaunts’ tone made it appear something truly significant was occurring behind the scenes – only for her to wander in to the House of Commons looking like she’d overdosed on some pretty strong tranquilizers and sit there looking honestly like she wasn’t sure what was happening.

    Surely if she is well and truly done for they should be going all out to keep her under the hypothetical desk and away from public scrutiny? Or are they going to wheel her out to do Press interviews, and PMQs on Wednesday, and let a bad situation get almost unimaginably (for the Conservatives) worse?

  6. New PM within a month, GE within 6 months once people really feel the pinch & we see some unrest.

    Beyond glad we avoided chaos with Ed..

  7. That was incredibly painful to watch. I’m actually starting to feel sorry for her. On course for a mental breakdown.

  8. She just keeps making it worse for herself, it’s so so cringey now. Just go woman.

    I think she thinks she can do this job because she’s only ever spoken “the party line” and never deviated from the ridiculous sound bites they use when they’re put under scrutiny (see any of her interviews, soundbite after scripted fucking soundbite) and miraculously made some kind of success out of it.

    Now though, she actually has to be able to handle scrutiny, have some self awareness and give solid well thought out answers that back up her claims/ideas – but she simply can’t do it. She crumbles under the slightest bit of pressure from journalists or anyone else. She’s a simpleton that has somehow ended up running the country, I really, really hope this is a massive warning to the UK and her constituents to never let a moron like this anywhere near No. 10 ever again.

  9. I honestly believe they’re just keeping her as PM in name only while Hunt actually runs the country because they can’t afford to spook the markets any more than they’re spooked already

  10. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Wait. She was serious?

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  11. And just like that she’s signed her own death warrant. Kwarteng said he’s still be in the job a month later – he went the next day.

  12. *And then, with the United Kingdom in Shambles, did Liz grasp her rod, she said.*

    “Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering Electorate; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee. Sink all coffins and all hearses to one common pool! and since neither can be mine, let me then tow to pieces, while still chasing thee, though tied to thee, thou damned electorate! Thus, I give up the spear!”

  13. This is the first thing she has said I’m fully in favour for, go for it Liz! Please do it! I’m 100% supportive of this, lead the conservative party into the next election please! How about tomorrow? Ignore those polls I’m sure you’ll do great…

  14. I’m glad she’s trying to do that. She’s so ridiculously incompetent it gives us a great chance of kicking the money grabbing tories out.

    Between her and Rishi – he was more competent and likely to keep power longer. She seemed a complete disaster (and have proved that thought to be correct) and gave us hope of the Tories finally losing.

    Who else has managed to completely fuck up the country so quickly?

  15. Well starmer has his golden ticket. he needs to start labelling the Tory party as incompetent and inconsistent. Just to salt the earth make sure they don’t get a foothold.

  16. The only way this will happen is if she holds the election tomorrow…

    Good to see the BBC is keeping up the attacks on the Tories. The problem was not just Boris. It is all of them.

  17. she better call a general election incredibly soon then because there isn’t a hope in hell that she’ll last for over a year

    edit: 🙂

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