The Fall of Liz Truss 

And now she has a book out telling us it was everybody elses fault🙄

I think one of the great problems Liz Truss and the Tories in general have is they actually are totally unaware of their own inadequacies. That's why they keep doing silly things with zero shred of self awareness.

10 minutes after her resignation: that truly was modern history!

Sometimes "history" means "about a month and a half ago"

How did Liz Truss last so long?

fabulous - thank you gentlemen!

I love your stuff. Absolutely brilliant stuff.

I'm thinking about how crazy it is people in the UK ate considering bringing Boris back. And then I look out my window and see my neighbor's "Trump 2024" flag.

Great pod, keep it going!

A pair of excellent, well read chaps

Liz the Brief.

This is amazing! You guys are on RU-vid just been listening to the James Bond episode on BBC whilst painting a hallway… and now I found loads more episodes on RU-vid! ☺️👍

Subbed. Well done lads - very incisive and apposite.

Did Dominic say the the UK had the best covid payments? Bit of a Daily Mail comment there, we had 350 a week

There is a root cause for the outcome. The person didn’t fail… the system did. That’s what needs be fixed… not very very funny in light of circumstances in Britain. Most political systems suffer from the same problem.

Interesting listening to this now. Alongside her attempts to legitimise her absolute failure

Great podcasts, thanks

Well that was fast

Late to this, so I can say it doesn't get any better.

The Lady Chancer-llor?

This is a two part episode. lol

BO JO PART DEAU: BACK IN ACTION?

And so we pick a fight with the one country that can keep a steady and reasonably priced supply of energy coming to Europe

Worst British PM ever! Yes, EVER!

Worse than Tony Blair? Worse than Thatcher? Worst than Boris Johnson!!!! You people of little vision!

Don't agree with much of this. Burke represented a rotten borough. He had an aristocratic sponsor and wasn't interested in the views of ordinary voters. Most MPs these days are clueless middle managers and out of their depth. The MSM isn't much better. Truss was trying to adopt Reagan's economic policies. Truss, Reagan, and Thatcher were fans of Hayek. Reagan achieved average economic growth between 1983 and 1989 of 4.4%, by cutting taxes, increasing borrowing, and government spending. He also cured inflation and unemployment. The top tax rate fell from 70% to 28%. Truss wanted to adopt his growth policies. Economically illiterate commentators in The Times claimed what Truss was doing had never been tried before. The US is still applying Reaganomics. The Tories have returned to the Butskellism of Heath and Wilson, and policies that failed in the 1970s: big government and low growth. Rather than follow the US, Cameron adopted EU austerity policies and wrecked the UK economy. The debt-to-GDP ratio went from 50% to 90% under Osborne. The US marches on with stellar growth and the EU has flatlined. The EU is fucked.

2:49 Not everything is Putin's fault, mates!

Good God. Two podcasts converging. Now the people need, THE REST IS MARXISM! Which would fuck the rich!

This is a great podcast. Often very amusing, informative and stimulating but sometimes even Tom and Dominic get it slightly wrong. While l agree that Liz Truss was too much ambition and not enough sense, she did handle the Queen's funeral and her own exit with commendable dignity (unlike Johnson). The Tories used to be the party of law and order and high standards in public life. If they choose Johnson again, that reputation is lost for ever and wipeout at the next election will be fully deserved. Johnson's supporters appear to care only for power at any price. Probity is nowhere (like the U S Republicans).

Johnson's going to have the fastest and most unexpected comeback since Lazarus.