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Breaking news: Liz Truss is the next PM

886 replies

ErmagerdtheQuern · 05/09/2022 12:44

God help us all.

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girlmom21 · 05/09/2022 12:45

Haha. Hahaha. Hahahaha. Fucking hell!

Wirewool · 05/09/2022 12:45

Let’s hear your policies…

Juststopit · 05/09/2022 12:45

Terrible news. We’re all screwed.

PAFMO · 05/09/2022 12:45

Yep. There was never a best worst really.

Crunchymum · 05/09/2022 12:45

Let the downfall commence!

DIanaRiggFan · 05/09/2022 12:46

We’re all fucked. Putins gonna nuke us just to take her out

fortheloveofcheesecake · 05/09/2022 12:46

They were both not great candidates but she was the worse choice. Awkward speech. Mention to her mate Boris. Urgh.

romatheroamer · 05/09/2022 12:46

Boo!

Shitzngiggles · 05/09/2022 12:46

Not long left of a Conservative government.

Lucidas · 05/09/2022 12:46

Wonderful

Swifey40 · 05/09/2022 12:47

I agree! It's looking bad, really bad now! I don't love Rishi, but he was the better option! This winter looks pretty scary!

balabears · 05/09/2022 12:47

Well done, Liz! Our third female PM.

katenutzs · 05/09/2022 12:47

No longer a tory voter

MistyGreenAndBlue · 05/09/2022 12:47

Is anyone really surprised?

Speech was cringeworthy.

araiwa · 05/09/2022 12:47

Lmao

lancsgirl85 · 05/09/2022 12:48

I don't anything about her. Why is it such a bad thing? (Genuine question!)

DobbyTheHouseElk · 05/09/2022 12:48

Why? Seriously was there no one else. She’s plain terrifying.

VickyEadieofThigh · 05/09/2022 12:48

For months, when anyone has said Johnson needs to go, there have been a load of people saying "But who would replace him? There's nobody better!" I kept saying "Of COURSE there will be - there are hundreds of Tory MPs to choose from..."

Bloody hell! Who would've thought that Truss was the best they could come up with?

gratefulheart · 05/09/2022 12:48

Can someone tell me in simple terms why this is not a good option.....

stillherenow · 05/09/2022 12:48

Rishi looked pretty grim as well! She's vacuous

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 05/09/2022 12:48

Give it a break. How do you expect anyone to ever get anything done faced with the remorseless tide of irrational bile and hatred directed at anyone who is not in the particular little clique that the speaker belongs to. Would you advise anyone you were fond of to go into politics?

God help us all, indeed.

LizaSimpson · 05/09/2022 12:48

Please can I have a tldr to why it's a bad thing?

I only know she wants to remove speed limits on motorways.

Is there anywhere I can find more of her policies?

lancsgirl85 · 05/09/2022 12:48

gratefulheart · 05/09/2022 12:48

Can someone tell me in simple terms why this is not a good option.....

Yes! Me too please 🙂

Thatusernamewastaken · 05/09/2022 12:48

God that speech was total word salad nonsense. Even the tories must be horrified at Liz for PM....

MrsLargeEmbodied · 05/09/2022 12:49

I turned the speech off!
fancy even mentioning Boris, the audience did not really know whether to applaud or not
Teresa May had a better speech i recall