There’s a new Prime Minister in London Town
Look, I’ve been so focused on Donald “Fingers” Trump’s stolen state secrets, with trying to get Democratic campaigns to think outside the box, with leading horses to water, and with dropping off early voting literature to newly registered Democrats in my bluer-than-blue precinct that I’ve been only vaguely aware that the Brits were selecting a new P.M.
Well, they have one. Let Jonathan Pie tell introduce Liz Truss to you. She’s another conservative. Surprise.
“Twelve years of conservative rule have taken us from fifth-richest nation on the planet to being downgraded to an emerging market economy,” complains Pie for the New York Times. (There’s no YouTube or Tweet yet, so you’ll have to click over to watch the video.)
Update: Here’s the tweet (added below) and an example of Truss’ brilliance. Hint: She’ll open up new pork markets!
A sampling:
So what’s her plan? What’s her plan to help the millions of families who can’t afford to heat their homes? Well, she’s ruled out a windfall tax on energy companies because it sends the wrong message to foreign investors. Whereas thousands of frozen corpses of old people sat in armchairs is an “invest in Britain” billboard in the making.
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In direct response to eye-watering energy profits in the face of poverty-inducing heating bills, she says profit isn’t a dirty word. And maybe she’s right. Profits aren’t necessarily evil. But people dying of hypothermia because they can’t afford your extortionate prices, that is evil.
Here’s Pie on Truss when she was foreign secretary.
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