Shit so Liz Truss is our new Prime minister,after Tory party members, in their infinite wisdom, have finally foisted one of the most right wing PMs ever on us, after winning most votes in the 3 month Conservative Party leadership contest, succeeding the clown Boris Johnson who resigned in July after a series of scandals. Truss defeated rival Rishi Sunak with 81,326 votes to 60,399 among party members and will take over as leader on Tuesday, as Britons face mounting economic and social crisis.
This is really not good news at all. It's hard to imagine anything worse for the UK with this announcement, God help us all. Truss 47,will take over a Conservative government that is deeply unpopular, that is facing multiple crisis in the country, with steep rises in energy and food prices, long waiting lists for hospital treatment, and and public sector workers, dock workers and even lawyers going on strike.
She has already declared war on the poor. Slashing taxes for the super rich while binning workers rights; Under her we will see more low/middle income families heading to food banks and joining NHS queues. She is also pressing ahead with the Government’s most toxic plans, like their Rights Removal Bill. This bill would rip up our Human Rights Act, stop people from challenging injustice and even allow the Government to decide who does and who doesn’t have rights. She’s said she’ll re-start the Rwanda plan as soon as she can. She even said she’ll "extend it" by signing more of the same deals with new countries.
This plan is already causing immense human suffering. Treating vulnerable people in search of safety like human cargo is cruel. The plan is wrong in principle and unworkable in practice. At a time when the nation is gripped by a spiralling cost of living crisis, as Prime Minister, Liz Truss should reassess spending any more money on outsourcing our international obligations to provide safe haven. Instead the focus should be on improving the fairness and efficiency of the asylum system. Decreasing the extensive backlogs in the system and housing people in communities instead of hotels, will not only save the Government money, but crucially be more humane.
It’s hard to see someone represent our country with plans like these. She has no ideas or solutions for the massive problems facing the UK right now.Truss hasn’t offered any answers to the cost of living crisis, and her refusal to commit to action on energy bills has made permanent damage to the credibility of the UK government ahead of a catastrophic crisis. Energy bills should be at the top of Liz Truss' to do list. Households up and down the country have had no answers to the financial catastrophe, debt and hardship caused by astronomical energy bills. This is the time to push for urgent action to freeze energy prices and write off the £2 billion energy debt that UK households have already taken on and return the energy price cap to pre-April levels and extend it to small businesses and charities.
Under Truss, we're set to see more of the same crisis and chaos as under Boris Johnson . Anti-democratic changes, deportation of refugees, continued weakening of our human rights. Days of darkness loom ahead .Looming over Truss’s new government will be the long shadow of Boris Johnson, whose time in office saw approval ratings and voter intentions plummet for the Conservative Party.
Throughout the leadership campaign, Truss has been seen by most as the Johnson continuity candidate and enjoyed the backing of many of his loyalists.Truss was among the high-level ministers that remained loyal to Johnson in the final death throes of his leadership, which by the end had been engulfed by several political controversies and scandals, while other top officials jumped ship.Truss didn't resign, saying she was a “loyal person” All this means though is she will be forever tied to the Johnson legacy. This could ultimately become a weight around her neck, as the specter of Johnson risks overshadowing anything Truss might do to tackle the misery that many Britons are set to face this winter. Times are tough and getting tougher as inflation soars and Britain’s cost-of-living crisis worsens. Truss’ focus on stimulating the economy through tax cuts is unlikely to provide much short-term relief. Truss will face a challenge to reunite her toxic party and face the challenges of what could the worst winter in decades,
Truss is a political chameleon and shapeshifter who has gone from a radical Liberal democrat who called for the abolition of the monarchy and the legislation of soft drugs to a flag-bearer of the Euroskeptic right wing of the Conservative Party. Truss, who was only elected to parliament in 2010, has in a relatively short period of time, established herself as a political force of nature who pursues her agenda with relentless vigor and unequivocal enthusiasm. But after a decades-long transformation that has seen her personal views change enormously, many will be asking what exactly Britain’s new leader stands for. Many who have observed her over the years question whether she has any sincere beliefs at all, or if she simply endorses whatever is the most convenient at the time.The only constants in her political views have been her views on individual liberty and the pursuit of career advancement.
Fittingly, her campaign to become leader was characterised by screeching U-turns. At times this has bordered on the comic. Cringingly over-rehearsed and clunky performances in TV debates have been married together with embarrassingly short-lived policies, announced and unannounced within hours. These U-turns are, at least in part, a symptom of the complete lack of clarity among the ruling class as to which policy they should adopt in the face of such a storm of crises for their system. They are united on just one thing: that working-class people must be the ones who pay.
If we look across Britain, we can see just how much damage 12 years of Tory chaos have inflicted on us. Services stripped to the bone. A British economy left to rack and ruin. And families forced to struggle as prices skyrocket. 12 years , four prime ministers, and nothing to show for it. Lets be in no doubt 13 years of Tory class war is set to get even worse.
Let's not forget the fact Truss has no popular mandate, but nor does she have the next best thing: a mandate from the Conservative Party’s 357 elected MPs. Just 50 of them ,less than a seventh of the parliamentary party, voted for her in the first round. Only 113,less than than a third voted for her in the fifth and final round when she beat Mordaunt by a mere eight votes and trailed Sunak by 24 votes. More than 200 have failed to back her. She is the first Conservative to become prime minister without the support of a majority of her parliamentary party and is the third Tory in a row who has risen to this post without facing a General Election.
I offer her no congratulations at all,was useless as foreign secretary will be even worse as PM, just wish the Queen could just tell her to fuck off. Now more than ever we should loudly and clearly say no to Liz Truss's odious plans and hopefully when a General Election is eventually called, she and the rest of the Tories are booted out of office for good. Some earlier thoughts can be found here https://teifidancer-teifidancer.blogspot.com/2022/08/your-next-prime-minister-everyone.html
