'Crackers doesn't go far enough': Liz Truss addresses America | LBC
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- čas přidán 22. 02. 2024
- The UK’s shortest-serving PM, who is still entitled to claim up to £115,000-a-year for the rest of her life, spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland, USA.
Liz Truss said: "Conservatives are now operating in what is now a hostile environment and we essentially need a bigger bazooka."
James O’Brien and callers react to this, discussing whether Truss is too dangerous to ignore.
07:29- Caller Phil thinks her behaviour is ‘disgusting and grotesque’
08:30 - Caller Rob believes ‘Margaret Thatcher’ was ‘more intelligent’ than Liz Truss
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Her telling the United States that her premiership was ended by trans activists just shows how little regard is given to the truth these days in the pursuit of power.
The entire left couldn't muster up the ability to get Corbyn into power but somehow a handful of activists managed to topple the Government. Lettuce Liz has wilted off the boundaries of sanity.
Imagine if that was true. Who in their right mind would admit having been so weak? It's not exactly a powerful contingent, however righteous their cause.
Conservative ideology cannot fail, it can only BE failed, therefor it’s gotta be those guys. Wish I could use the sarcasm tag but it’s been proven true in the UK and in the US
Don’t you think Trans ACTIVISTS are part of the WOKE PROBLEM ?.
She's a tory. They lie about everything.
How the f*** did she ever get to be our Prime Minister.
They thought they could pull her strings.
Someone must have voted for her and her party?
@@ThomBoeckerthe only people who voted for Truss as PM were members of the Tory party. That's how democracy works in the UK 🙄
She was appointed by men wearing grey suits who thought that they could control her. Didn't stop to think that you can't control stark raving mad
@@keithowen3599that's the same for flip flop starmer as well, the man who backed Corbyn
Sorry James. Endured 4 mins of her speaking and decided that was 3 mins too long. At 76 I need to prioritise the remaining time in my life and listening to more Truss is not on my bucket list.
I'm 76 too and I couldn't agree more what a bunch of second rate halfwits what has happened to the Tory party seems to have been taken over by the more extreme elements of the Brexity tendency
OMG this! I just cannot listen to more of her at this point. I'm only 36 but even I feel I have to spend whatever time I still have not listening to her.
I’m 65 and I listened to two minutes of this vacuous woman before getting back to sticking pins in my eyes.
I'm only 30 and feel the same way 😂
The only reason Liz Truss is joining the crackpot right is because they are the only people left who will take her seriously. Which says a lot about the crackpot right. Hopefully her constituency wakes itself up and doesn't vote her back in. She's gone fully mad.
It’s the only way they could possibly make any ground in the next election, by appealing to the lowest common denominator
True.
From British Republican lefty to Lib Dem to Tory headbanger with a hint of US republican head banger
I understand peoples views can change over time. But c'mon lol
Her lack of insight into the limitations of her abilities is astounding.
Which abilities? 😅
@@ThomBoecker Quite!
The perfect example of the Dunning Kruger effect
True, but what she lacks in ability, she makes up for with her spellbinding charisma.
@@greghill7759 Make that scarisma, and I agree 😄
The damage the Tories have done to the UK is so catastrophic that I don't think the country will ever recover?
William Hague another failed Tory Leader
Not in my lifetime.
If, for some magical reason, things started to even out and we got on the right track it would take decades for the damage to be undone. It's certainly not going to be quick and pain free.
W E F.
The damage starmer will do will be catastrophic.
It's called fascism let's not beat around the bush
Spot on 💯👍👍👍
George Bush has got nothing to do with it
Bingo
Democracy needs to end so we can fulfill conservative ideals. That's literally the definition of fascism.
Go and read the doctrine of fascism. This isn't remotely fascism.
The rhetoric Liz Truss uses in this speech should worry everyone in the UK.
She probably got paid a fortune for her speech
She would attend the opening of an envelope if it got her press coverage.
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Ba-da-dum! Haha
Ha ha ha
😂😂😂 ok I actually snorted at that one
CPAC is a circus of lunatics. Trust me, I've watched coverage of it since 2016, and it gets more ridiculous each year.
How does she still have the Tory party whip? If sunak had a moral compass and any strength, he would kick her out..
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He doesn't have any integrity?!
He’s weak and wants to keep the fringe on his side for the coming election because he needs as many votes as he can for the coming drubbing.
Truss apparently speaks for the majority of the UK population. Source GBnews. It is said that many listeners believe this.
Well, if ... 😅
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out-because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me.
Exactly.
The caller is right, this isn’t politics anymore, it’s just grifting
This seems to be the new politics - lie, steal, corrupt - if you get found out, attack the institutions. Weird thing is, dumb voters believe it
To some people it's the same thing.
Surely overseas trips should only be undertaken if you’re on Government business. How is this serving her constituents? Who paid for this trip? Should she not be in Parliament doing what she is paid for?
she contributes zilch therefore no need to be there at all.
Mogg hosts a GBNews show too which is not allowed. These Tories are so corrupt that they have made their disgusting behaviour acceptable now. Ten years ago they would be banned from government. Boris Johnson’s blocking of the Russia report needs re-investigating. Kremlin collusion is all over our mainstream media propaganda channels and Tory politicians.
I’m waiting for one of these vile people to push Make England Great Again. That’d not be a surprise to me.
I’m an elected Tory politician. I look after myself. I let the plebs pay the money.
To be fair, May does the same (but at least she is relatively discrete about it, does not seek to undermine the reputation of the country and, you know, is a relatively rational & normal human being)
Bet you anything they turn up on her MP expenses.
This is terrifying
Im not from uk and this is indeed scary
I didn't mention that I'm American. Unfortunately I've heard a LOT of the horrible bile coming out of cpac
She eound d as unhinged as Trump
@@6xssickness and that maniac is still out and about :/
It should be on Main stream media, it's called Transparency.
As an American, these people are so dangerous. I am terrified.
She seems to have developed a weird combination of madness and confidence all at once.
Madness and confidence are bedfellows.
If somebody tells you they are Napoleon they are 100% correct in their own little deluded mind.
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I hope that now she's showing her true colours the people of South West Norfolk will vote her out
I don't think they get news around there. PoliticsJoe did a voxpops after she was forced to resign as PM. Her constituents thought she was marvellous; and would vote for her again!
As a person who lives in Norfolk I feel incredible shame and anger.
@shark1973 Let's hope your fellow Norfolk voters do, too, and that they vote her out this year.
Too many zombies vote for her and Tories again
She's done nothing positive for SW Norfolk.
Shameless Truss talking gibberish....
it´s CPAC, it´s the GQP´s version of Reichsparteitag
Truss talking Trumpish!
"Truss talking gibberish...." And this is different how?
@@Boghopper9999 Well, she's talking truss, I mean trash, therefore truss 😁
I hope she says something about CHEESE AND PORK MARKETS 😂😂😂😂
Truss must be locked up in a very secure asylum.
The Lettuce only cost the UK £30,000,000,000 in the short term she was in. That "thing" needs to stay in the USA. Maybe she could be Trump's personal maid!
Well said.
Don’t forget the pension funds that lost hundreds of billions, people’s futures compromised.
@@iainmunro438 And now the narcissistic leaf vegetable is being paid to preach in America and tell everybody what's best for the world! You couldn't make it up.
Mad as a box of frogs.
My thoughts exactly.
‘Mad as a box of frogs’ is a calumny on the reputation of decent amphibians.
still a pretty sane speech compared to the usual CPAC hate rallies
@@magatsmorghulis6981 Liz Trump: "nobody likes pork markets more than me".
Trump 2024 🎉
I wouldn't trust this woman to sit the right way on the toilet.
😂😂😂😂😂
There's a reason the water tank is more difficult to open than the seat.
she pees standing up
@@jazzx251 the girl guides taught her that now she can't do any other way.
You left out the 'h'!
That photo of Truss and Farage sitting together told me all I needed to know.
“As conservatives, we’ve got to be prepared to tear down the system.”
That sounds wrong somehow.
It takes a remarkable human being to stand in front of a group of Trump supporters and complain about the left "not accepting that they lost at the ballot box" and keep a straight face. Unbelievable to think that people like Michael Heseltine and Ken Clarke never became PM and yet this woman did.
"...marriage of enormous ambition and tiny intelligence": thank you, James, on the basis that plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery, I am going to steal that line.
Dunning Kruger effect.
Combined with Bonhoeffer's...@@MIK23458
I thought Britain had reached as far down as it could go when BJ was made PM.
Then along came Liz Truss.
It's extraordinary. Can it dip even further! Why not I've lost faith.
Just read that truss is getting £115,000 per year for the rest of her life from the British taxpayer. That's 3.6 million of she lives until she's 80. 61,000 quid for each day she was a PM! What a sad indictment
You haven't even costed her lifetime security costs.
She says ten years ago we wouldnt have guessed that trans issues would be discussed but I remember it being discussed thirty years ago. It just wasnt a culture war thing.
She reveals herself as the most extreme right winger I've heard since Oswald Mosely !
Spot on. This was another outrage where Truss is clearly supporting the undermining of democracy and the media isn't condemning it.
What a disgrace.
She is an elected and duly paid representative of the UK - there must be consequences for her misrepresentations and explicit support of something to the right of fascism.
You had Boris, whilst the USA had mad Trump,we in Australia had the smirking scomo Morrison.A trifecta of sleeze and stupidity.
UK, you have a huge problem with that lady! She's just as dangerous as Donald Trump!! Very troubling.
She’s not as dangerous as Trump at all. She’s just as nuts, but she doesn’t have a tenth of the popularity so she has a long road back. As long as she’s speaking to echo chambers in America she isn’t a threat to us.
Every time somone says woke my brain mutes that persons voice, and I don’t hear a single word they say.
If you could teach and sell that you would make a fortune 😂
Truss and Anderson are an absolute disgrace. They must have the Tory whip removed. Truss's father must be thoroughly ashamed of her.
Let's not forget Braverman too.
James, thank you for your comments. I’m nearly 70 and I’ve never been so scared about the future of our country or the world. And I’m somebody who is very positive, “always look on the bright side of life“ but it is very scary now.
COMPLETELY UNHINGED and still being given a platform.
My first reaction was to deride Truss as bonkers, mad and delusional. However, after fully watching this video, my reaction is more of that this is absolutely frightening and if we don't seriously do something about legally and democratically curtailing these dangerous lunatics, we are heading towards a very dark future.
Imagine an American Senator or Congress person coming to a similar rally in the UK & openly slagging the sitting PM. Liz Truss a galaxy sized conceit & ambition supported by a Proton sized ability & intellect.
When Liz Truss became PM she was like a little girl who had just been given a pony by her rich parents, she couldn't believe her luck that she was awarded such a thing.
Problem is, a month later, the pony is dead and Liz's parents are asking her ''You were giving your pony food and water weren't you?'' and Liz just looks at them blankly and says, ''I thought the boy next door, Kwasi, was doing that?''
And she used to be a Lib Dem ! Like goebbels starting his polical career in greenpeace.
And a staunch remainer !
Truss is responsible for making mortgages rise out of control. She's absolutely barmy. Lock her up!!
She wanted to be a Thatcher tribute act, she ended up as an Anne Widdicombe tribute act. How in holyhell did she become PM of the UK ?
... oh yes, I remember ... Boris F'inf Blobson ...
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She is fishing for employment in the US.
Maybe she’s hoping to be Trump’s VP?
How dare you insult a woman who dedicated nearly 30 days of her life to leading this country through thick and thin
irony of ironies; ha ha
I went to see Bernie Sanders in Liverpool on Tuesday night and he was very fearful of Trump getting into power and the threat that he and the far right would would have on democracy in the USA and around the world.
So hearing what that guy said about democracy brings it home even more
He's right. Most people mocking the 'ridiculousness' of this are not grasping how dangerous the US situation is right now, nor it's impact on the rest of us and thus are failing to do anything to prevent it. It's like not seeing the juggernaut until it rolls over you.
To quote Frankie Boyle liz truss seems like a person who would die from forgetting how to breathe
The values of fking over the poor and unregulated grifting . A villain pure and simple
Did Truss really read for a degree at Oxford_ Or win it in a lucky dip_
Two clauses of the Magna Carta, “No free man shall be seized, imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, exiled or ruined in any way, nor in any way proceeded against, except by the lawful judgement of his peers and the law of the land.
“To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny or delay right or justice.”
Like asylum seakers?
The notion that right wing conservatists are positioning themselves as being somehow anti establishment is baffling. That gullible fools actually believe it blows my mind.
I find it hard to laugh because its really really dangerous what is going on
A “hostile environment”?
You mean “the electorate”.
We. Do. Not. Want. You.
She's a sitting MP. Why has she been allowed to go there?
As shes still a member of parliament... OMG !
That’s one helluva’ mug…. (and the coffee one’s pretty big too…😂) Truss is a nutcase…. completely unhinged..
She says “the right policies” when she tried a large unfunded tax cut in the midst of a bout of high inflation and an over-leveraged government finance position. Her policies weren’t shut down by politics, they were crushed by apolitical international investors who saw irresponsible dangerous policy and had to protect their capital. It’s absurd.
I have no idea what any of her gibberish was supposed to mean.
I didn't realise this until now, but Cameron chose Truss for MP in her constituency. So it's his fault we got this nut firstly as PM who damaged our economy & is now roaming the world spouting craziness.
Truss has 2 young daughters (afaik) - who knows what sort of psychological damage this loon has already done to them?
Best part of this video was seeing James' mug. I want one like that. I wont need to make tea every 30 mins with that!!
4:21
After listening to truss, I feel the need to fill that with red wine. Or even whiskey
My first thought listening to Liz Truss quotes; "that is actual facism. She is campaigning for a global despot."
Years ago she would be on the way to Rainhill, Winwick or Whittingham after saying such delusional nonsense.
It's dystopian AF.....
Please, please, please America keep Liz Truss... We don't want her back......
She can be trumps vice president
Read the book. They have broken Britain and are revelling in it.
I agree, greed is the bottom line. Liz Truss doesn't really believe what she's saying, she says it for the money
What really surprise me is how a political former leader can be in such an event and saying the leader of an other country should be removed (Biden) and supporting the end of democracy without any consequence at all!!!!!?????
What does that say about British media that they are quiet on those matters!!!!!!????
Kind regards the Danish Viking
Absolute proof that care in the community does not work.
There will always be grifters in every society. It is not the role of civil society to sit and bemoan the moral fibre of these grifters, it is the role of civil society to put in place structures, rules and standards that prevent these grifters from gaining power.
She has to be put in prison. Get her in a prison: enough of this garbage.
How does she want to end the gender debate if not by ending free speech? Is there any other way?
Not just a former PM but one being paid by the public £86,000 a year as an MP and about £115,000 a year for the rest of her life.
That mug is like a bucket! I want one!
PS Truss is checking off the buzz words like a 13 year old at a gaming conference. She'ssaying what she knows will get her approval from that audience, rather than trying to make sense or convey any sincerely held beliefs.
Was that a former Head of State speaking or a Head of Lettuce?
I honestly could not tell the difference.
She is a desperate and unhinged , just utterly bizarre
Remember, she's on an allowance, as a former prime minister, of £115,000 a year. Chew on that for a moment.
She’s perfect to speak at CPAC because it’s gibberish and she is a “victim.” 🙄 Don’t send her to the US. We have enough lunacy of our own.
I have not read your book James, but I have read Plato's middle dialog, better known as 'The Republic'. In it Plato outlines five regimes of government, and the order in which he considers they will occur. To be brief, the 4th form of government, following the decay of the first three, is Democracy - The rule of the many. In Plato's view this will only last as long as it takes for a small group, probably led by a single powerful figure, to be elected, and then change the rules to create the 5th form of government, Tyranny - The rule of ONE: Dictator for a day? Have we arrive at a Platonic tipping point?
Some might suggest that such a transformational strategy has already been trialled in 1933. That change of government in Germany led onto creeping military incursions into other counties, something we are witnessing today. History cannot repeat itself, in virtue of being in the past, but the same flawed human psychology can lead to very similar ends.
How dare she speak for the British public. She most definitely doesn't speak for me.
She’s playing “grifter” , clear as day!
Her modesty has no beginning.
I dont think she even believes what she said in her speech. I think she was just trying to say what she thought that audience wanted to hear
CPAC has always been a freak show. It's gotten worse the last few years. Those people are nuts.
Totally inappropriate for an ex-PM. The word impeahment comes to mind. What is our equivalent?
What would really please me if Truss got a new position looking after Harry and Markle's finances. That would be an utter Joy.
The Sussexes are financially independent of the UK taxpayer so leave them alone - and keep their name out of your British mouths!
What have they got to do with this discussion about Liz Truss?
Focus on your British RF who live off the British taxpayers!
If you want to imagine what the world would look like if people like her ran the world I suggest watching "The Man In The High Castle".
Or the handmaid's tale
@@mickymodo11 A mix of both now I think about it.
‘Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.’
She really is just time frozen at the mental and emotional age of a 19 year old student union level politician.
Step 1: Spread fear
Step 2: Demand unassailable power to attack those fears
This is the insanity we face here in America. Please, someone help us.
I'm afraid these days people can see for themselves what is happening and don't rely on so called biased news or broadcasters such as this !
2:10 Conservatives ARE the status quo. But when they start talking about "challenging the institutions" we have a word for that, and it begins with F.
Girl gone Full Katie Hopkins, man. Never go full Katie Hopkins.
(Apologies to Tropic Thunder).
That's literally the opposite of what conservativism is
"Conservative's are now operating in a hostile environment...." yeah, its an environment full of normal voters.
Oil and Gas. Big Energy. Corporate Dominance. Only they don’t talk about it directly. Euphemisms. And red meat, emotional , socially divisive talking points.
what exactly is a conservative who whishes to "bring down the system" trying to conserve?
And the message from that Christian nationalist isn’t hyperbole. Their intentions are to make America a theocracy.