Dear reader, if you are a resident of the United Kingdom, then behold, this is your new Leader!
Go on, have a listen.
It is a series of crash interviews with BBC local radio stations.
In footie terms, this was more one-sided than the recent Angeball roadshow at Tannadice.
In PR terms, this looks like the own goal of the season.
Moreover, some highly paid communications experts thought these outings were a good idea.
As I listened to this series of utter car crash radio interviews, I could not prevent Malcolm Tucker from invading my consciousness and ranting at Britain’s new Prime Minister.
Armando Iannucci’s ingenious creation was given to us for such moments.
During the excruciating silences as Truss tried to come up with an answer, I could imagine Tucker screaming at the radio from his office in Whitehall as terrified underlings made themselves scarce.
Since the Sterling omnishambles, the British Prime Minister has been somewhat indisposed.
However, she finally had to show face at some point as the economy was in freefall.
Going to the local media in places like Leeds was undoubtedly a terrible idea.
Especially after the mini-budget had effectively plunged millions further into penury.
For those of ye in fair Caledonia and accustomed to howe matters Ibroix are gently handled, this is what real journalism sounds like.
Here James O’Brien examines the absence of a need for succulent lamb among the local radio reporters.
In the main, the Westminster Stenography Corps would have been far more compliant with Prime Minister Truss.
After all, they need access to the government on a daily basis in Whitehall.
Conversely, local radio reporters couldn’t give a flying whatever…
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The original Banana Monarchy
She’s a disaster capitalist, like her cabinet pal JRM, and the chancellor. This was no mistake, as you say Phil always follow the money, look at who is profiting big from this. For them there was never enough profit to be made in a steady economy with 2 – 3% interest rates and 5-10 % growth, these animals want instability and big swings, it isn’t them who pay the losses.
65bn to bail out insurance companies who have been trading on margin and investing in the UK property bubble…. F##k all for the poor
We have a serious problem
There’s me thinking we’d just put one Liz to bed and another pops up that needs buried.
Oh well.