Watch in full: Liz Truss holds press conference after Kwasi Kwarteng’s resignation
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2022
- Liz Truss has held a press conference hours after Kwasi Kwarteng announced his resignation.
The decision follows weeks of economic turbulence caused by the government’s mini-Budget, which sent the pound into freefall.
Ms Truss is expected to announce a major U-turn on her former chancellor’s plan in a press conference at 2pm on Friday (14 October).
Less than 24 hours before being sacked, Mr Kwarteng assured reporters that he was “100 per cent” going to be continuing in the job
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God I'm sick of hearing her say the same thing over and over again in response to every question
Did they always do openly admit they’re controlled by “the markets”
Well if they had different questions maybe you wouldn't get the same answers.
Are you talking to God, or is that just a bad habit you have in the way you talk ?
The questions was pre planned ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
@@manbearpigsereal Cope.
She needs to stop mentioning “Putin’s war in Ukraine” that has nothing to do with poor decision making & equally poor cabinet selections.
She cannot grasp that people find the deliberate distortion offensive and patronising. No one buys it.
Blame the boogie man
Yes. It makes her look silly.
They can’t mention Brexit anymore
Its what she got taught from Boris 😂
Im really worried for the country i live in when the leader repeats the same answer for 4 different questions. I thought we couldnt get any worse than Boris
I know I thought that too, my boy asked me the other day who I prefer and I almost choked on the words as I said Boris🤕
Boris had some intelligence. Lizard Truss is as dumb as a donkey. She's out of her depth. Makes Theresa May look competent.
Anything from labour would be far worse. Boris should never have quit. His problem was the remainers in the tory party who won't give up their dream of getting back on the EU gravy train for worthless politicians. Nobody would have been popular after the situation Boris got landed with. All the party stuff was just eyewash from the media with the same agenda. We voted leave. He got the blame.
Hey now, you sound like you’re part of the ANTI GROWTH COALITION.
Slogans are how politicians speak to stupid people like us...
"What's your favourite colour?......" "I am determined to make sure I deliver a high growth economy..."
With some shades of economic stability
@@romainviry3185 hehe, cheeky, Romain, very cheeky.
"Since 2008 this country has been held back by persistently weak growth..." Sooooo she's finally admitting the Torys are a load of toss then?
"what i have done today is fire someone else so i can try and save my own job"!
' My Priority! ' is to stay in power as long as possible and not to except any responsibility and ' I am Determined ' not to answer any questions.
My God, even a Robot can change it's answers.
The Tory members who voted Truss in, should be bloody ashamed
Democracy to vote? What democracy? Only the rich can vote for themselves for their own benefit. It’s no exception that the poor are the sufferers.
She couldn't get off that stage any faster if she tried! She's well in over her head mate only in power two weeks and u turned on so many issues this job is to big for her
@Carrot Cruncher hahaha yeah I saw that!! What mess are we in when the two big countries have leaders who are that clueless? Biden looks like he could drop dead any day or week and lisz looks like a fish out of water
Are they as thick as the farm yard excrement, that made pork markets?
@Carrot Cruncher err not true she had to be shown the door a couple of weeks ago, pity she found her way back through it..
Those questions were brutal and absolutely hilarious. Shame Truss never actually answered any of them.
She never answered any direct question before.
She avoids answering questions like no-one I've ever witnessed. You can tell she has no idea what's she's doing it's like playing a record on loop. Off with her head.
She answered all of them the same. Economic growth blah blah blah
I think in America, that would be labelled 'a train wreck' of a press conference.
and yet she got through all the elections without answering questions and is now a representative of the people. says a lot about the people!
This is bull, it wasn't that the market 'wasn't ready' for her radical plans, those plans were just ill concieved and a massive gamble. Also she shouldn't be blaming the war in the Ukraine for the market's reaction to those plans. If she wanted to 'act in the national interest', she should sack herself by 5pm.
She and her Chancellor played Casino economics and bet the bank
the market is anti-growth
Love how she looks around the room like she's just teleported to another dimension to try and get a journalist that won't tear her apart like a Jack The Ripper victim
😂😂😂
What an excellent comment!
First thing she does when taking the podium is reheat her tired 'I grew up in an area that faced hardship' routine, which she has used ad nauseam to justify Thatcherite policy and ideology on steroids. It bears repeating: the period of her youth she refers to was during Thatcher's heyday.
And it was a lie. Her only "hardship" is that she didn't like her school. She has no idea "what it's like to grow up in an area that's not feeling the benefits of growth". She knows what it's like to grow up as the child of an emeritus professor, to go to school in Canada, to go to Oxford...
Let's leave the Ukraine problem just for a moment, and concentrate on the homeless and the helpless. And just for the record, there are no friends in politics Liz, you know that more than anyone else!
We're facing huge bills NOW. Wakey wakey Prime Minister!!!
I was falling asleep 💤 a minute into her speech. Incredibly sorry to lose KWASI. 😂😂😂👍
See my answer further above. She grew up down the road from me in affluent and comfortable Roundhay in Leeds. Loads of grand houses to prove it
Daft woman. What's wrong with her????
She clearly doesn’t understand anything about actual economic theory or practice in the real world.
NONE OF THEM DO!
Do any of them?They are all in those positions to get what they want.Its not about what the country needs it's about how politicians can line their own pockets.Will ANY of them struggle this winter....of course not.They never struggle and never will
so as 99% of the people commenting here
that membership to the world economic Forum at half a million a year isn't worth it
KK: "I'm not going anywhere!"
Next day: *goes somewhere*
Handbrake Truss: We’re not going to do a U-turn
Next day: all of the U-turns
When you hear that saying you know the knives are out & they're gone within hours .
@@MattB-st6ky they're just doing donuts atm
he was going nowhere from birth
Still pretending she can fix everything. This is beyond ridiculous.
the world economic Forum great reset is the problem not the solution
She's crashed her car due to bad driving but is convinced she can fix it.
GENERAL ELECTION NOW!
What will that solve? As bad as the Tories are, Labour are way worse for the country.
About time the press started heckling when they know they are hearing shite.
One of the BBC journalists was explaining recently that they have to remain "well behaved" or they won't be invited to the next interview or press conference.
@@FoxBox72 If a politician gives a speech but no journalists are around to cover it, does it make a noise?
@@FoxBox72 bbc lmfao they are the most corrupt woke organisation
The "journalists" work for the same people she does, they're not gonna go off script and risk their huge salaries. It's all one big lie/distraction.
@FoxBox🦊 Look who runs the bbc now, they're all tories, it's state propaganda.
"Since 2008, the potential for growth has been held back."
*Has been Tories in power since 2010. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?*
She delivered her speech by reading it without any feeling or conviction ....She sounded like a second-rate student...
Welcome to politics.
She IS a second-rate student.
I have no problem with politicians reading prepared speeches, as it is important for them to express their intentions clearly rather than providing ad hoc answers. The issue is her inability to address the questions AFTER her prepared speech.
No responsibility . No one is ever held accountable for their actions .
The chancellor lost his job 🤣
The Chancellor was held accountable for the Prime Minister's actions.
Jack Nicholson's romance novelist character in As Good As It Gets, when asked how he writes women so well..."I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability!"😂😂
look how fast she runs at the end.
Biden Syndrome
It was noted lol didn't want to be there did she .
I laughed out loud. "I'm outta here!"
I'd say like Joe Biden, but his is more of a shuffle.
I laughed out loud too! She saw the questions were not going the right direction for her!
'What did you have for breakfast today?' 'Economic stability'
Calling this a press conference is the best joke I've heard in a long time
New drinking game, every time Lizzy says the word growth take a drink… good luck.
I'm 3 minutes in and already completely drunk
@@burtonsmith7942 😂
🤣🤣 and if by chance you survive that move over to engery cap
I’d need a new liver if I played that game
Legless 😂
WHY IS SHE STILL HERE? SAVE THE UK. GET THE TORIES OUT.
Who we going to replace them with please don’t say Labour.but I agree they need to go but not Labour ffs
True what more is there to see of these Tories they should be investigated for corruption since the pandemic to the pound drop to the dollar
I think a lot of people knew she woukd be an absolute disaster before she took the reigns. Quite how fast it has happened is still surprising. The conservatives have caused so much damage over the past 12 years. They need to go.
what are they trying to distract us from with all this circus antics
My bills went up by 134% . My household income hasn't gone up by 134% minimum wage hasn't gone up by 134^% so why the hell have the tories let the energy companies put these prices 😒
Blackrock runs all
It’s unbelievable how far out of her depth she is…how is it possible for somebody this incompetent, to hold a position and job of such power? ‘obviously a rhetorical question. If it wasn’t so tragic, it would be funny.
As an American, I wondered the same thing about ex-president (thankfully) Trump. Sorry to see your country going through such a challenging time.
@@madhavyu thanks, hopefully we’ll come out the other side soon to. It’s a very strange political climate in the western world.
A masterclass in how to answer a question without actually answering the question😂
Except it wasn't... it was a transparent amateur fail, that showed zero; oratory flair, power to persuade, energy, charm etc. Like a first attempt.
The questions was pre planned ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
And how to not show any anger or emotion. quite remarkable actually!
@@j0nnyc00l I think you mean the _answers_
@@jonasbaine3538 🤖 _"growth...energy cap... two years not six months... Putin's illegal war.... Global downturn.... Bank of England"_
That is the worst press conference a British Prime Minister has ever done.
Liz should have stood down aswell, as she gave the go ahead on what was going on, if anyone knows politics, we all know they all need to stand down.. Its an embarrisment. These individuals are out of there depth. It's funny but cringe worthy.
This Liz lady who's mother and father clearly had a bit of money can't run a bath! I'm sick of these pencil pushers who think they have authority or status in our society just because there parent's made a little bit more money then other's and sent their children to Oxford University! These toff's all have skeleton's in their closets, they have no idea about business, no idea about standards! it's just the idea that tarts like this think they have any type of power! Like an old head mistress who is shagging the year 11 pupil... skeletons and contradiction!
let's get rid of all the politicians that are part of the world economic Forum great reset agenda
Had to laugh, blaming Putin again, when in doubt just blame Russia and Putin.........
Make any promise to get power, then do what’s required. Shame on all those who continue to propagate this meaningless democratic process.
Get the feeling she couidnt get off the stage quick enough.
*Liz Truss:* *_"I know what it's like to grow up somewhere that isn't feeling the benefits of growth. I saw what that meant and I'm not prepared to accept that for our country. I want a country where people can get good jobs, new businesses can set up and families can afford an even better life."_* - Liz Truss grew up in Margaret Thatcher's Britain.
She wants to be Maggie.
In a wealthy area of Leeds ... 🤔
That's right but her background is irrelevant anyway, I'm not impressed by people in power who talk about their 'humble beginnings' because even if someone WAS really brought up in the same circumstances as most ordinary people are, it doesn't NECCASSARILY mean they will have any greater empathy for ordinary people now.
In fact, those rich and powerful people that started off relatively poor are the biggest oppressors of poor people, seeing as they think because they made it, there must be something wrong with those who didn't make it, like they are "lazy" or something, they won't ever admit to just being lucky. Look at Alan Sugar, or Lord Sugar as he is now, a former E End working class boy who made it big, he has no mercy for losers, he only likes winners like himself, so long as someone has money and is successful, that's all he cares about and if someone has no money he despises them, humble beginnings don't always make nicer, more sympathetic rich and powerful people, more like the opposite!
Cycle of abuse.
Is that supposed to detract from her statement? Benefits from growth under Thatcher were far from universal even when the aggregate economy grew, not to mention the effects of her policies on jobs, businesses and families in some regions
Objectively this is the most hilariously bad press conference any leader of a democratic country ever gave.
"this is difficult"... probably a bit more difficult than Liz thought it might be
Did she just blame the markets for losing confidence? Unbelievable!!
Yes, the markets were at fault for not recognizing her genius
the market is so corrupt
These robots are getting pretty realistic, its a shame they only gave this one the ability to say the same thing over and over.
Same answer for any question you ask...
Well done Liz...
The best way she can gain respect from voters is, actually stopping the profiteering of already rich energy companies, which is the real concern of ordinary people. People are genuinely worried about how the hell they are going to pay the price hikes from these companies, who are already making huge profits, of billions, words are cheap!!!
She literally works for Shell.
Soon as workers need a pay rise to actual live, the media puppets say "where's the money coming?!?!" Yet when corporations literally bleed the country dry they say absolutely nothing.
The media, Westminster, the energy companies, corporations are all in the same yacht.
Jeramy hunt mmm wasnt he the one who scrood up everything he was in charge of , like the health service ?
YES only an idiot would give him the second most important job O hang on...
same as Liz Truss
in the words of donald trump, "this is why shes a great politician, because these are the greates non answers ive ever heard".
That's just another way of saying he's taking notes
Her conviction? She should be convicted
You are keeping your mini budget which is the last thing we need right now. Stop blaming everyone/thing for this disastrous policy. The markets are not convinced, the pound continues to tank.
Got to be the most unenthusiastic PM
Let's start by stopping the subsided restaurant and bars in the house of commons.
You mean the ones that have cost the taxpayer £17m over the past three years? Sounds good to me 👍
You don't call someone back to no. 10 and then say it was a resignation. You sacked him! You're a terrible boss and left your employee under an embarrassing dark cloud after firing him. No one is going to believe it was a resignation.
She can’t even make a five minute speech without looking at a bloody card then hand picks the reporters asking her question telegraph to the rescue 😂😊
... and even after getting hand picked questions, she still has no meaningful responses!
Not sure those were hand picked - they stuck it to her good and she repeated the same crap!
Speech summary: Deliver - 14 times, Growth - 12 times, Economic Stability - 10 times.
Well done Liz for learning new words every week. You get a sticker!
@@Dangerous_Brian She thought the Telegraph would play nice. She thought wrong.
Boris must be in hysterics 😂😂
No. Time for laughing is done.
He's actually very very concerned.
I wasn't the biggest fan of Boris, but right now he looks Churchillian compared to this car crash.
@@iangilbert7722 absolutely!
@@uapnz0698 I don't think he's concerned at all, he's over the pond making a killing on the US after-dinner circuit. All well and good until you remember that he's still getting a salary for being an MP in the UK, a job he is manifestly not doing. Most of this mess is on him, really.
@Ian Gilbert What was good about him?
She owes it to the future generation to quit!
In the dark cold days of winter play this to cheer yourself up, it's comedy gold
Well, at least she was "decisively determined" to end that press conference ss quickly as possible. 🤠
Honestly a general election would be the best thing!
Unfortunately Labour and Tories seem to be 2 sides of the same out of touch, agenda driven politicians...
Did Kwasi see the number of that bus he got thrown under or nah?
Just bloody go. How embarrassing
She sure is interested in growth. Growth of her own bank accounts, and that of her friends, just like every other Tory
Putins war in Ukraine has nothing to do with poor decision making and equally poor cabinet selections.
Why is it that politicians are always able to get away without actually answering any questions at all?
Utterly embarrassing.
Starting to look like the cursed defence against the dark arts post at Hogwarts😂
Bravo 😂 most accurate description of this government
I would rather see anyone of those teachers in this position than the clown parade we have had lately
- Walks sheepishly to the podium in Johnson’s gigantic press room (designed to impress like something Albert Speer would have come up with).
- Read a prepared speech like a really bad year 10 debating team member.
- Searches the room with soulless expression for friendly journalists from the Tory Propaganda Machine press.
- Oh dear, I don’t like these questions. “Growth, growth, growth, now, now, now” responses.
- I don’t like this game now.
- Legs, do your stuff.
The circus is back in town. When are people going to wake up to these WEF stooges
That's a very quick sortie. Good that she found the door this time.
Coffey should go, and they both go together. Hunt is another that has little or no respect.
She looks pretty unstable emotionally here looks like she's been crying before hand, i think even she is beginning to realise she may not be up to the job, we know that by how she's handled things so far.
What on earth was that? She said the same thing over and over again without actually addressing any of the questions put to her. Might as well have put an audio recorder on the plinth and pressed loop play. A Prime Minister MUST be able to respond meaningfully to ad hoc questioning, which she appears to be incapable of.
Deciding who to call on to ask a questions was extremely awkward. I think she may have to step down on health grounds.
Mental health grounds!!! The woman’s a raving lunatic.
Her family have not yet settled in Downing Street or not even chosen the furniture or wallpaper and they’ve been given a section 21😂😂😂
Shouldn't need to the amount Boris and his Mrs spent
There needs to be a stipulation that if the elected leader of the party that then wins a General election then leaves during their time in office that a General election is called. Plain and simple.
But that would mean we would live in a Democracy
I have always believed in Conservative financial responsibility... Never again!!
She might as well have done a Hastings Banda and said 'I won't answer that' to every question and saved everyone some time.
She keeps mentioning economic stability and growth yet she was the one who botch it. This government is a joke and needs to be held accountable for their actions. We are the ones suffering and paying the price for their incompetence and negligence.
Imagine if Emily Maitlis had been the BBC journalist i think she would have broke down and cried because i think she had been crying before the press conference
Truss has to resign.
That wasn't a press conference, she didn't answer 1 single question.
Did she mention economic stability?
Day after day, the pace at which insane tidings arrive quickens: it's as if we've become passengers on a high-speed train, commandeered by lunatics, that only stops at insane asylums in order to board more lunatics and clowns.
Just repeating the same crap over and over. Different questions same answers. Blah blah blah
Way she walks off. We are fooked. Same bs different person.
Just watch that ending 8:23 It tells you everything
She not even dare to say goodbye with eye contact to anyone.
@@steveyeung4764 exactly
"The energy price guarantee" is again the stock answer for Liz Truss when facing difficult questions
This is beyond ridiculous
"I was elected..." by an absolutely tiny sliver of the UK to do what you are currently doing - 80,000 old Tory members, 0.1% of the population. Ffs. So much for "Democracy"
In traditional Simpsons terms… HA HA!
When the Telegraph and the Sun tear into a Tory PM like this, you start to wonder how much longer she'll be in office. The lettuce might win.
I left my beloved Shropshire to live in Northern France 17 years ago...Whenever I put on R.4 I am convinced that it's an April Fool's day spoof..But no! It's for real! Thought about returning to the UK but no way! Wishing you all the best of luck!
More front than Marks & Spencer.
Question: "Will you apologise"? Response from Lizzie: " I am determined to carry-on to deliver on what I set-out". In plain English, go to Fckff, I ll carry-on whether you like it or not
not this at all and you have no grasp on the situation. She is not in any position here to say she will carry on whether we like it or not, she is severely on the ropes and about to be ousted by her own party. She'll be gone before Christmas mark my words. Just for comparison, Kwasi said only yesterday he was "absolutely 100%" staying in the job.
@@drey8 Yes I agree but she 's doing like Kwasi, the confident politician that is condemned and she knows it.
I knew she would be a nightmare as prime minister ( think Margaret Thatcher).
She has exceeded my expectations to be even worst.
My money is on the lettuce.
"Strong and stable" vibes.
The most diverse group of ministers fired by a PM. Stunning and brave.
Brave? 🤪🤪😁😁😁😁
What a load of staged garbage, you need to see a mental health doctor
Stunning and brave she fu…g picked them just shows up her poor bloody judgment she’s a joke and desperately trying to hang on to power at any means all we need is someone that loves it’s country and the people living in it and we haven’t had a leader like that in decades
She's the oligarchs dream, a puppet on a string.
Power to the people.
"I want to be honest", "This is difficult".
asthe leader of a country you cant say that "Im going left tomorrow" Only then tomorrow to say "I have changed my mind I'm going right".
No Honour amongst thieves
Dumped her closet ally for a complete mess up she and her cronies cooked up ,
" She has the political lifespan of a lettuce "
She’s using putin as a scapegoat.
This plan was made by them BOTH. Where does she go now? She can’t stay on with all these U-turns, blaming others. This narcist is simply not fit for the job. She is selling England. 😊
Excrutiating!
Truss has a talent for picking duds.
Jeremy Hunt was heartily disliked during the Brexit years. He was a Remainer, through and through, and still is. A sly, self-promoting creature.
At least he's a Remainer, but no more unelected clowns thanks, general election now!
And he made a mess of the NHS when he was health minister 😞😵
Jeremy 'Hunt's reforms to GP practices is one of the reasons no-one can get a doctor's appointment these days.
Jeremy Slimeball