She's nuts. Brexit obsessed. A nightmare combo of Johnson and Thatcher, with the worst of both.
Sunak's priorities seem reasonable - sort out the fiscal mess, and have a major focus on the NHS. At least he is offering to fix something that's broke.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/23/rishi-sunak-vows-uk-crisis-footing-becomes-pm
Truss on the other hand just wants to get on with breaking more stuff, declaring herself “Brexit-delivery prime minister”. Anybody who blethers on about delivery should be ignored anyway, unless they are a post(wo)man.
This is the Guardian front page story today
www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/22/bonfire-of-rights-truss-vows-to-scrap-remaining-eu-laws-by-end-2023
And she wants a new Royal Yacht. Presumably this is what she thinks 100,000 odd old reactionaries in the shires will vote for. She might well be right. Given the likelihood that this massively unrepresentative group could easily latch onto and vote into power any kind of dangerous buffoon, it was up to the parliamentary party to find two half sensible people with decent judgement for them to choose from. And they picked Truss, presumably to serve their own selfish interests.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/23/even-the-monarchy-doesnt-want-a-new-royal-yacht-but-liz-truss-does
I am now pinning my hopes on getting rid of these self-serving creeps in 2024, and hoping they haven't completely destroyed the UK by then.
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