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Liz Truss’ Book Sparks Controversy as Cabinet Office Claims Breach of Protocol
Liz Truss responds to being compared to a lettuce
The former prime minister was asked whether she thought her time at Downing Street had made the UK 'an international laughing stock'.
Truss leaves open possibility of standing for Tory leader again
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/liz-truss-lettuce-shortest-prime-minister-092819389.html
The former prime minister was asked whether she thought her time at Downing Street had made the UK 'an international laughing stock'.
Truss leaves open possibility of standing for Tory leader again
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/liz-truss-lettuce-shortest-prime-minister-092819389.html
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https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/liz-truss-s-memoir-is-ludicrous-and-shows-how-unworthy-of-office-our-shortest-serving-pm-was/ar-BB1lHYkn?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=4bb7b2bed89b4f86a33100dc17f12039&ei=13
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/liz-truss-makes-hilarious-new-book-blunder-live-on-air/ar-BB1lIK9W?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=77974c34bc5f4b07b82129871ea2df67&ei=62
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/liz-truss-in-tears-as-she-opens-up-on-impact-criticism-of-time-in-no10-had-on-her-daughters/ar-AA1ng8Uv?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=82ed040268e34a1bbe83f34113f01cc3&ei=26
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/liz-truss-s-book-in-breach-of-rules-in-place-on-minister-s-memoirs/ar-AA1ngonr?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=c659d26e28ee448df604776bd0d7fe8c&ei=18
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68823526
From praising Donald Trump to bugging Boris Johnson in hospital, the former PM has a lot to say.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/abolish-the-supreme-court-and-other-crazy-things-liz-truss-has-said-to-promote-her-new-book_uk_661d1c13e4b0bdba1c5a6d57
C.A. Scrimshaw, Author
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The term ‘crocodile tears’ comes to mind
Mark Wilson
I’m crying for our economy!
Vicky Lee
Never mind the impact on her daughters how about the tears shed by those all round the uk with unaffordable mortgages ... THE DELUSIONAL LUNATIC NEEDS TO GET OUT OF POLITICS
Murdo McDonald
She’s never once shed a tear for anyone but herself. Her narcissism knows no bounds.
Sara Wheeler
I cried too …lost my business and nearly lost my home. Wouldn’t wish what I went through on anyone. Thanks Liz for your apologies on our mortgages going up x3.5+ never mind as it’s all about you!
Deborah Sterling
She is clearly after the sympathy vote to ease her own conscience for the economic crisis she left the country in!
Tanya Dewsnap
Omg what about the impact on our country! Can’t believe she’s still in government 😳
Elizabeth Kemp
Oh the humiliation she must have suffered crashing the economy as she did! Oh hang on, that's right, don't think she noticed it was her fault!
Ashley Manoff
Her 49 days brought me to tears and also quite an impact on all of us.
Daniel Williams
We were all crying during those days too!
Russell Gilbrook
Just did it for the money
Regina Holland
This woman blamed everyone but herself for her mistakes. Not once has she apologised for the devastating effect her short reign had on our country. I can only thank goodness the lettuce outlasted her.
Jane Buckton
The rest of us cry about the impact her 49 days had on us!
Steve Cutts
She should stay well clear of politics
Pauline Weddell
What about the impact on the rest of us!!
Holly Young
The audacity!
She made choices, they were horrendous choices.
We do not need to know about how they affected her.
Where is here apology? Her humility?!
Noam Shoef
We all shed tears on her 49 days in no 10
David Cowell
Imagine how we all feel!
Astromar Junqueira
What about her impact on our lives? Unbelievable...
Tony Pearce
Mad as a Hatter! 🎩
Maia Bell-nee Ward
My eye, she FORCED it out you mean.
Vicky Gee
The impact on the Great British public was even worse. Absolute waste of space
Georgi Georgiev
49 days, will get £100,000 a year for the rest of her life and is moaning about it?
Jo Hall
I shed a tear or two every time my much increased mortgage payment comes out.
And there are hundreds more similar views in response to her crocodile tears.
We read Liz Truss’s new book but decided that a full review would not do justice to the sheer oddity of the text. Instead, we will let the 49-day prime minister speak for herself. Here are some of our favourite excerpts from Ten Years to Save the West.
1. Liz on her ministerial approach
“I took this on in my usual style — full frontal.”
2. Liz on her school days
“I lived in fear of being beaten up in the lunch queue or stabbed with a pair of scissors in my media studies class.”
3. Liz on the aftermath of the Brexit vote
“My special adviser says he had never seen me so depressed. I just looked at him and said what we were both thinking: ‘What the actual f***?’
4. Liz on the EU
“The only thing they understand is pain.”
5. Liz on the watermelons
“This ‘watermelon’ tendency is green on the outside, red on the inside — a modern rebranding of socialism… It’s time conservatives fought back against the watermelons and called them out for the damage they’re doing.”
6. Liz on Barack Obama
“I was glad to see the back of the anti-British, condescending Obama.”
7. Liz on Donald Trump
“As an early fan of the TV show The Apprentice, I enjoyed the Donald’s catchphrases and sassy business advice.”
8. Liz on killing badgers
“I got involved in everything from the bait being used — peanut butter and maize worked best — to motivating the shooters who had to go out late at night.”
9. Liz on killing ducks
“I found myself making slightly surreal life-and-death decisions about the natural world, such as ordering the gassing of 5,000 ducks in Yorkshire during an outbreak of avian flu.”
10. Liz on bats
“The builders had been forced to install ‘bat bridges’ so bats could travel safely across the road. Needless to say, no bat has ever been seen on these bridges. Anyway, bats fly!”
11. Liz on her predictive powers
“I had a premonition it would end in tears — my tears.”
12. Liz on Lefty lawyers
“They tried to both charm me and shame me into going along with what they wanted: lots of cosy breakfasts and dinners on the one hand while not clapping loudly enough when they “welcomed” me on the other.”
13. Liz on Theresa May
“The old political maxim is to speak softly and carry a big stick. Between 2016 and 2019, the Government was often shouting while waving a twig.”
14. Liz on Tony Blair
“I was shepherded into a laundry lift. Who should be there but Tony Blair?! He gets everywhere.”
15. Liz on Sue Gray
“To my surprise, she took it upon herself to commiserate with me by giving me a hug, before telling me that as a result of my demotion, my salary was being cut. I didn’t welcome her unsolicited embrace — I am not a hugger — but given how delicate I was feeling, she got off lightly.”
16. Liz on Nick Clegg
“He would rather be popular than do the right thing. He has now found a much more appropriate home in California and is working for Facebook.”
17. Liz on herself
“I see myself as an instinctively anti-establishment figure... I am, after all, a contrarian.”
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/the-17-weirdest-lines-from-liz-truss-s-book-ten-years-to-save-the-west/ar-BB1lLZqy?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=45fa562eccd24613de436f6c92e02610&ei=54
Unbelievable, she's in total denial.
It beggars belief that she was, very briefly, our Prime Minister.