Chris Mason, "Viewers say your time as prime minister left the UK as an international laughing stock" Liz Truss, "I don't think that's true" Chris Mason, " Your mini budget, viewers blame you for mortgages going sky high, for the country feeling poorer, for the economy getting into a spin and say that you were the author of that and it was a disaster" Liz Truss, " Well, I don't agree with that" Chris Mason, "Do you think that you believe the governor should be out?" Liz Truss, "I don't support his continuation in the job.. We didn't know we were sitting on a tinderbox" Chris Mason, "Which you set fire to" Liz Truss, " Well, I'm not saying I'm perfect and, you know, nobody's perfect" Chris Mason, " You talk in the book about the deep state. Isn't that to indulge in conspiracy theory kind of quackery?" Liz Truss, "Well, it's a description of a group of people, an orthodoxy, a groupthink that is not accountable to electors" Chris Mason, " You offer plenty of praise of Donald Trump in the book. Do you hope he wins again in the autumn?" Liz Truss, "Yes, I do" Chris Mason, "Why?: Liz Truss, "Because I believe that we need a strong America under Donald Trump. When he was president of the United States, the world was safer" Chris Mason, "The smoking ban that Rishi Sunak is suggesting" Liz Truss, " We're a free country. We shouldn't be telling people not to smoke" Chris Mason, "Is Rishi Sunak Conservative?" Liz Truss, "I think the policy is unconservative and we are ill advised to be pursuing it" Chris Mason, "Let's talk, then about the future of the conservative party. Could Nigel Farage be a welcome addition?" Liz Truss, "I think it would be good if he joined the conservative party and became an MP" Chris Mason, "Why?" Liz Truss, " Because I think he believes in conservative values. I think it's a shame he's not in the conservative party"
@implausibleblog Truss,"We didn't Know we were sitting on a tinderbox." Really? 'Lyons and Jessop – who were supportive of Truss’s growth agenda – prepared a paper for a meeting at Chevening ... two days before she was announced as Johnson’s successor on 5th September.' theguardian.com/politics/2022/…
@ianboogiebrown @implausibleblog I haven't read Elliott since he backed Brexit. He's no better than a Tory himself.