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Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss said at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that Britain is “failing” and called for a UK version of Trump’s “MAGA” movement to push change.

Truss, who was prime minister for only 49 days and lost her seat in last year’s election, has become a marginal figure in British politics but found support at CPAC, which now embraces Trump-style populism.

The conference featured right-wing figures from Hungary, Brazil, and the U.S., including Steve Bannon, who promoted deep state conspiracy theories.

CPAC leaders condemned globalist organizations like the UN and EU, vowing support for Trump’s return.

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Whats the counter argument from the opposition; Lettuce, you have the mic.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love that this is her actual legacy! 😂

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

lettuce with googly eyes, staring motherfuckerly

[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"LOOK AT ME!!!" said the irrelevant person.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Person... person... sorry, all I'm seeing in that photo is a lettuce.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ptfff the lettuce has more value

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

The lettuce keeps going up in value compared to Truss and the Conservative Party.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Would that be the same changes that Liz Truss put forward that nose-dived the bonds market by announcing unplanned tax cuts?

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 month ago

Is an actual lettuce.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago

The problem for Truss chasing populist politics like Trump is that no one, ABSOLUTELY no one likes the insufferable idiot.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dear UK. don't fall for this

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

The UL has had plenty of far right fucks vying for an grasping power for a while. UKIP, for one.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

the lady whose career was outlived by a cabbage?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cabbages can stay good for quite a while. It was a lettuce, the thing that wilts during the car ride back from the store.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Ah, Thats even worse.. and better, story wise, at least.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

It's wild to accuse the UK of having a Deep State when Yes, Yes they Do. It's called the Crown. Charles could instantly dismiss parliament at anytime (in theory) so would a MEGA movement be anti-Royalist? Lol

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Anyone who looks at what is going on in the US and says "that's a functional democracy that we should emulate" should be blocked from holding any office forever.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Breaking: The lettuce said she's full of shit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Dude, fuck her. I admit that back when I first moved and UK politics were still rather new to me I couldn't wrap my mind around what she did that was horrible enough to warrant a boot in 40 DAYS. Although I've heard one or two stories since about people losing all their savings that made it make slightly more sense, she always read as just pretty foolish and incompetent to me.

Pushing for MAGA bs in the UK (the most redundant thing I've ever heard) completely upends that assessment of her into being every bit as evil as the American ones. Tory scumbag.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Its very likely that she full believes it, she is that dumb and because her reality fell apart when her economic changes failed so quickly and spectacularly, she has retreated into the full deep state conspiracy bubble.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Sees the US flushing itself down the toilet. “We need to do that too!”

Good job shit for brains.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago

Yeah since that’s going so well for America you fucking idiot loser.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tories: "we have destroyed the UK economie for our own benefit. Want to see us do it again?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Tory voters "Yes."

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Piss off, cunt.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Why is Salad Lady still making public statements? She had her chance and sucked too much, she can retire from politics and do some manual work now.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Liz Truss giving advice on power is a joke in itself

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

I'd rather listen to the other lettuce that didn't wilt.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

After being out lasted by a lettuce, ousted as PM, then kicked out as an MP you'd think she'd get the message that she's a bit useless.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

oh yeah. here in the us it made us great and now we are being made greatererererer. so much winning it hurts my behind.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Says the person that lose to a lettuce.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Liz Truss is a nazi in the same camp as musk. I know who'll be in front of the firing squad when push comes to shove.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Conservatives wanting change. Hmmm.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Liz Truss can go eat a chainsaw

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

RIP AND TEAR

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Why is it that when conservatives want change they only think of torching everything to the ground?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

how can this fuckcunt show her face after her ridiculous premiership that didn't even last 5 scaramuccis

also how can she say anything without reporters directly telling her to shut the fuck up ... why is anything she says reported at all ?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

We need to suck up and be like Trump/Elon is the new trope of failed and irrelevant politicians in Europe now.

The neoliberal far right FDP party in Germany will likely not make it into the parliament in Sundays election after blocking and blowing up the previous government. As they declined in the polls, they copied and talked more about MAGA, Milei and the like. Meanwhile Musk didnt even bother to reply to their head and former finance minister.

I guess for Truzz it is the same thing. Only thing that worries me, is that these people usually sell themselves to the highest bidder. So someone is paying them for that.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Didn’t she kill the queen with that terrible curtsy and handshake?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

"So, in order to advance our political agenda we need echo chamber rednecks with affinity to nazi ideology."

"Are we the bad guys?"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I'm so grateful she lends her well-documented incompetence and bewilderingly stupid person to this movement. I can see people having something for Farage (as he is of a particular insufferable-twat-but-at-least-hes-our-twat kind of 'quality')

But I don't think that anyone honestly holds a sliver of respect for Truss.

#teamlettuce

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

It was definitely failing under Liz Truss. Then things got better when she fucked off.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

OK, I have an idea for a new TV show.

Let's form a club of boomer, anti-democratic, rightwing-extremist, power hungry narcissists, and invite them to a private island and have them get stranded there because the flight authority botched traffic control (due to budget cuts, obviously).

Record it in the style of a reality TV show.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

CPAC UK??

That's the saddest thing I've read all day. And that's after the concentration camp story.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Hey kiddos look it’s the British cabbage.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Well I hope she leads it then cause it will surely fail

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

They still haven't learned?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

A part of Trump's politicking has been lying to the public. I'm not sure that you want to do that, whatever freedom it might provide as to policy enactment. I think that that's pretty corrosive to government credibility. Hard to build credibility, easy to damage it, and it's a useful thing to have.

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