"Government debt at record levels. A deputy prime minister under investigation by the standards watchdog. Reform UK 15 points ahead in the opinion polls. A summer in which hatred of migrants has become normalised. Politicians competing with one another to appear more authoritarian. But hey, things aren't all bad. Because at least we still have Liz Truss. The country's most abject prime minister. Liz of the 49 days. Radon Liz. Because she is both a gas and inert."
"I fell in love with her the day she was unable to find the door to let herself in to her own leadership launch. And then tried to leave via a first-floor window. You can't buy that sort of genius. Comedians spend a lifetime trying to perfect that level of timing. We should enjoy her while we can. We won't see her like again. Hopefully."
"Most people with her spectacular level of political failure would have wanted to crawl under a rock and never come back. But Liz has no self-awareness. No shame. She will turn up to the opening of a fridge. No invitation is ever refused. In her mind, the problem was not that we got too much Liz, but that we never had enough. Truss is like a cockroach after the nuclear apocalypse."
Government debt sits at record levels, a deputy prime minister faces investigation, and Reform UK leads polls by 15 points. Hatred of migrants has become normalised during the summer, and politicians compete to appear more authoritarian. Liz Truss remains a national spectacle, famed for chaotic moments and a lack of self-awareness. Her brief premiership and ongoing antics are treated as entertainment, with people indulging her despite visible damage and instability. Truss converts failure into a personal brand by insisting she was right, raising ethical unease about celebrating evident unwellness for public amusement.
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