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Is Truss even up to the job?

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MrsDoyle351 · 05/10/2022 08:43

I watched Channel 4 news last night, and saw Truss being interviewed by Gary Gibbon and she did not come across as someone who is strong and in control of the 'job in hand' (as they like to repeat over and over).

Admittedly I'm not a fan, but she seemed completely and utterly knackered, and not alert /on the ball, as you might expect of the prime minister being interviewed on national TV.

My takeaway from the interview was that the job is simply too big for her, and she is incapable.

OP posts:

Dave20 · 05/10/2022 22:56

John Major wasn’t so bad when you look at the Tory PMs since.

Untitledsquatboulder · 05/10/2022 22:57

How on Earth did she beat Richi?

She is white and she told Ye olde Tory faithfull what they wanted to hear.

Untitledsquatboulder · 05/10/2022 22:57

And in answer to the OP's question: no.

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verdantverdure · 05/10/2022 22:58

Maltester71 · 05/10/2022 20:44

How on Earth did she beat Rishi?

Lies mainly.

fleurdelee · 05/10/2022 22:59

My dh said something earlier
I have just started a new job and have a probation period
Surely the person who has
the most important job in the country should also have a probationary period?!

MintJulia · 05/10/2022 23:04

No, she's hopeless, and the Tories know it.

Maybe wishful thinking on my part but I think she'll be replaced before new year. Kwarteng before that.

verdantverdure · 05/10/2022 23:14

Dave20 · 05/10/2022 22:53

Her chancellor gave one speech. With that the pound hit its lowest value in decades, the Bank of England panicked and had to bail the government out.
Interest rates went immediately up, now everyone is going to suffer whether they rent or have a mortgage. Literally anyone that doesn’t live in a home that’s paid off.

The Tories have become reckless. Well not only that but dangerous.

The only thing growing in a Truss government is misery: Ours.

GreenLunchBox · 05/10/2022 23:18

schoolmum101 · 05/10/2022 22:21

She has no clue. You can see that. If you asked someone a question at work or at school gates or wherever and they came across as she does you'd just relegate their opinion to the nearest bin. She's not a leader. She's a very poor, lower middle manager (if that) with an overblown sense of their own abilities and entitlement. A leader has a vision, feels passionate about it, excited! She just looks for the autocue whilst wearing a strange red dress.

Speaking of the strange red dress 👀
twitter.com/NoIAmTonyGreen/status/1577729563697844226?t=-PdGjhtFX1NDch826jHBUw&s=19

fleurdelee · 05/10/2022 23:25

schoolmum101 · 05/10/2022 22:54

whilst i've never been particularly Tory, I see folk like Ken Clarke, heseltine at the conference and my word I'd vote for that flavour of conservative like a shot. Principled, high calibre etc. What we have now is very scary. Not very smart and no sense of right or wrong - just opportunistic.

Yes this

verdantverdure · 05/10/2022 23:26

The Beth Rigby interview is a must see.

twitter.com/oxforddiplomat/status/1577280196788768769?s=46&t=I2Gxx0CqBLHHs5q_wDfMMQ

"Prime Minister you’ve been in power for 28 days but 10 of those politics was paused. In 18 days then, you announce £45 billion of tax cuts without setting a fiscal framework, it precipitated a 65 billion emergency bond buying program by the Bank of England to protect pension funds. The pound tanked. 1000 mortgage deals withdrawn from the markets as interest rates expectations spiked. You established a 33.3 lead for Labour in the polls, and now the lady not for turning has announced a massive U-turn on a policy. This is surely the worst start of any Prime Minister”.

And that's just the opening sentence.

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