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Liz Truss replaces Lord Frost as chief negotiator with the EU

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tidyskatemum Sun 19-Dec-21 19:24:55

God help us! She’s very good at the photo opportunity but there doesn’t seem to be much between the ears

paddyann54 Sun 19-Dec-21 19:30:32

The whole tory government is a bad joke,this is hust the latest instalment ....if I believed in a god I'd be praying

Whitewavemark2 Sun 19-Dec-21 20:16:45

Totally over promoted

Whitewavemark2 Sun 19-Dec-21 20:20:01

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dragonfly46 Sun 19-Dec-21 20:27:10

Well she went to Merton College so probably a little more intelligent than most of us!

Oldbat1 Sun 19-Dec-21 20:50:23

Do tell why you think attending Merton College in particular is a sign of being more intelligent dragonfly46.

Iam64 Sun 19-Dec-21 20:52:49

Her character on Dead Ringers is hilarious

vegansrock Sun 19-Dec-21 20:54:22

I know……

Parsley3 Sun 19-Dec-21 20:56:25

She has risen through the ranks without a trace and she is even being touted as a successor to Johnson. I am bemused but will give her a chance to make something of her new additional remit before I have an opinion on how good she is.

Whitewavemark2 Sun 19-Dec-21 21:01:07

She is like Johnson. A chameleon.

Changes her colours to suit her career.

The trouble is when they do that you simply don’t know what they believe in - except themselves.

vegansrock Sun 19-Dec-21 21:01:47

So she can be Brexit minister as well as Foreign Secretary? Obviously she doesn’t have enough to do. Wonder if she speaks French/ German?

dragonfly46 Sun 19-Dec-21 22:12:07

oldbat I would have thought it was obvious that you have to be fairly intelligent to go to Oxford!

GillT57 Sun 19-Dec-21 22:38:46

That would be the same Liz Truss that said "I am backing Remain as I believe it is in Britain's economic interests" ? Sometimes trying to understand Johnson's motives is like being inside someone's head after they have had a bad hallucinogenic trip.

Lucca Sun 19-Dec-21 22:42:15

dragonfly46

Well she went to Merton College so probably a little more intelligent than most of us!

Ha ha so did my bloke and he can be very daft….

Lucca Sun 19-Dec-21 22:43:00

Whitewavemark2

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You cannot be serious

Yammy Sun 19-Dec-21 22:46:17

Whitewavemark2

She is like Johnson. A chameleon.

Changes her colours to suit her career.

The trouble is when they do that you simply don’t know what they believe in - except themselves.

Onward and upwards never mind who's toes are in the way. Pity really I would like to see another woman P.M. maybe one from the Labour ranks.

Deedaa Sun 19-Dec-21 22:53:19

The woman who gave us the world beating trade deal with Lichtenstein!

Casdon Sun 19-Dec-21 23:00:12

I’m only surprised it wasn’t Switzerland Deedaa, she could enter into a chocolate teapot deal.

vegansrock Mon 20-Dec-21 01:38:34

Don’t forget the Faroe Islands (dolphin murderers)

FannyCornforth Mon 20-Dec-21 03:09:15

vegansrock

I know……

Genuinely lolled! grin

Whitewavemark2 Mon 20-Dec-21 07:00:28

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FannyCornforth Mon 20-Dec-21 07:06:52

Good sleuthing WW!

Daisymae Mon 20-Dec-21 08:04:31

She has the key ingredient for a successful political career at the moment - she's seen as loyal Johnson supporter.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 20-Dec-21 08:27:14

Daisymae

She has the key ingredient for a successful political career at the moment - she's seen as loyal Johnson supporter.

Until she isn’t.

Wait a few weeks/month and she’ll resign citing that Johnson isn’t hard enough on Brexit, thus ensuring her credentials with the loons.

FannyCornforth Mon 20-Dec-21 08:31:14

I think that Johnson will be gone before Truss will.
With any luck, this new role will ensure that Truss won’t be his replacement