Why didn’t Liz Truss and Boris travel together to Balmoral to see the Queen, instead of travelling separately?
It would have saved the taxpayer some money.
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Couldn’t it just have happened over the phone, or zoom, on a secure line?
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we have now gone from dum to dummer. I don’t think Liz Truss has got the backbone to control policies promised. Come to that I can’t think of anyone in either major parties strong enough with enough presence to stand out from the crowd. This is a result of a mamby pamby time we are living in with tree huggers and do gooders.
What we need is someone with less mouth and more action to be our prime minister who has the guts to sort the mess out we are now in from either side of the House
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you mean like Churchill?
Or Margaret Thatcher.
Indeed … and here it is:
I have just accepted Her Majesty The Queen’s kind invitation to form a new government.
Let me pay tribute to my predecessor. Boris Johnson delivered Brexit, the Covid vaccine, and stood up to Russian aggression. History will see him as a hugely consequential Prime Minister. I’m honoured to take on this responsibility at a vital time for our country.
What makes the United Kingdom great is our fundamental belief in freedom, in enterprise, and in fair play. Our people have shown grit, courage and determination time and time again.
We now face severe global headwinds caused by Russia’s appalling war in Ukraine and the aftermath of Covid. Now is the time to tackle the issues that are holding Britain back. We need to build roads, homes and broadband faster. We need more investment and great jobs in every town and city across our country. We need to reduce the burden on families and help people get on in life.
I know that we have what it takes to tackle those challenges. Of course, it won’t be easy. But we can do it. We will transform Britain into an aspiration nation…with high-paying jobs, safe streets and where everyone everywhere has the opportunities they deserve. I will take action this day, and action every day, to make it happen.
United with our allies, we will stand up for freedom and democracy around the world - recognising that we can’t have security at home without having security abroad. As Prime Minister, I will pursue three early priorities.
Firstly, I will get Britain working again.
I have a bold plan to grow the economy through tax cuts and reform. I will cut taxes to reward hard work and boost business-led growth and investment. I will drive reform in my mission to get the United Kingdom working, building, and growing. We will get spades in the ground to make sure people are not facing unaffordable energy bills and we will also make sure, that we are building hospitals, schools, roads, and broadband.
Secondly, I will deal hands-on with the energy crisis caused by Putin’s war. I will take action this week to deal with energy bills and to secure our future energy supply.
Thirdly, I will make sure that people can get doctors’ appointments and the NHS services they need. We will put our health service on a firm footing. By delivering on the economy, on energy, and on the NHS, we will put our nation on the path to long-term success.
We shouldn’t be daunted by the challenges we face. As strong as the storm may be, I know that the British people are stronger. Our country was built by people who get things done. We have huge reserves of talent, of energy, and determination. I am confident that together we can:
- Ride out the storm,
- We can rebuild our economy,
- And we can become the modern brilliant Britain that I know we can be.
This is our vital mission to ensure opportunity and prosperity for all people and future generations. I am determined to deliver. Thank you.
Bob the Bot wrote that for RoboTruss … 
it does, however, make it easy to measure LT’s success … or not … 
“ We will get spades in the ground to make sure people are not facing unaffordable energy bills”
Not really sure what that’s supposed to mean?
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Interesting to hear the protesters in the background with the air horn and playing Tears for Fears Mad World
I fear they may have a point 
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Blame Bob the Bot - there must have been a “blip” in the data input - presumably gardening or building entries … 
No doubt most (if not all) are those who “saw the light” during the leadership campaign … 
After my initial thought about cemetaries, I re-evaluated and thought she meant “get stuck into work”.
But now, having read the transcript and noticing it was spoken within a slightly more detailed list of policies,I wonder if it’s referring to something less metaphorical and perhaps alludes to digging for fuel (coal, oil, sea gas or fracking) which IIRC is part of her plans anyway. Trouble is any additional oil or gas we produce is tied into international markets and we wouldn’t benefit greatly from it in terms of home grown energy production.
Hopefully not a deviation from topic @Omah …Truss’s words are important as they’re the first official ones with her in post, and they need analysing.
Oh no that hateful Mog is back as business secretary
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I haven’t heard anybody say a good word about her, but surely, we should be judging her on her actions rather than what she says in her first speech as PM.
She wouldn’t have been my first choice, but I don’t know her so can’t judge her abilities! I just think we are all too ready to criticise and maybe we should learn that nobody could have sorted all the financial problems we all face, so maybe we should give her a chance!
We will be borrowing billions of pounds & the last time that happened It took many years of trying to reduce that debt, which I believe was caused by the Labour party.
Times are hard so maybe we should all be economising on fuels and food… that is what our parents had to do in the past !
It’s all very well for comfortably off to perhaps drop the heating down by a degree and perhaps one less takeaway a week
However large swathes of the population are on the bones of their bum , there’s nothing left in the pot to economise on.
Yes I completely agree give Truss a chance
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Well, they haven’t managed to clear that debt very well during their time in office:
In fact, they than doubled it pre covid.
Lots more interesting data here…
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Back to topic.
Obviously time will tell, but Truss’s political trend is a tad worrying. Brought up in a left wing household, then lib dem at Uni, then Tory, now right wing Tory. This doesn’t bode well at all…with power comes responsibility (as the Spider-Man saying goes). But in this case, with power it appears that greed and more extreme views seems to be coming forth.
I wasn’t suggesting that Labour were the only party that caused the debt, all parties borrow money, but as long as our population increases & our incomes don’t there will be no way to reduce the debt so things like health services will suffer.
The first case of covid was in Jan 2020, so the latest increase could be laid at Covid’s door.
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She sounds OK with me. But I think the Tories made a mistake in not pushing Ben Wallace into putting himself forward. Liz’ criticism from other MPs (especially the little known ones in Oxford City) is a bit much as they are not experienced in politics. They do not know what they are talking about. Love the tee-shirt ‘I have never kissed a Tory’. Trouble is there is a bit missing to complete the sentence ‘but snogged all the Corbinites’
Lay the groundwork.