The Fatuous Five lined up like The Weakest Link contestants for a dismal 90 minutes
‘I’ve delivered the impossible,’ said Truss, blinking rapidly and sounding like a superannuated 1980s Amstrad computer.‘I’ve delivered the impossible,’ said Truss, blinking rapidly and sounding like a superannuated 1980s Amstrad computer.Last modified on Sat 16 Jul 2022 02.52 BSTard to believe but it’s only just over a week since the latest Tory psychodrama began. It feels longer. So much longer.
First, though, there was a warm-up Zoom hustings on the Conservative Home website. Think a weekly meeting of junior sales reps. Only infinitely more boring. It’s almost as if no one really wants the job. Which would actually suit the rest of us.The only highlights were the flatlining Truss forgetting to unmute herself – she’s at her most articulate when you can’t hear her – and Ready4Rish! suggesting that his biggest fault is his perfectionism.
The first question was one of trust. “I’ve delivered the impossible,” said Truss, blinking rapidly and sounding like a superannuated 1980s Amstrad computer. As AI goes, Liz makes the Maybot look human. At least Theresa May was vaguely aware there was a reality from which she was detached. Truss is just some free floating atoms in search of a personality and ideas. Virtually nothing she said made any sense. And if it did, it was entirely accidental. She is everyone’s preferred comedy candidate.
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