Former Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced a provocative new venture, launching a social media show where she promises to confront the 'deep state' she claims tried to destroy her and spark a political upheaval.
A Platform for 'Unapologetic Debate'
The Liz Truss Show is promoted as a direct challenge to a media landscape accused of 'groupthink and timid consensus'. The programme pledges to deliver 'unapologetic debate' and a 'fierce defence of western values' through straight-talking discussions on Britain and the free world's future.
"The deep state tried to destroy me but now I’m back and excited to launch this show," Ms Truss declared, setting the combative tone for the project. She argues that people across Britain, America, and the free world are exhausted by condescending experts, unresponsive elites, and leaders who fail to stand up for foundational principles.
Echoes of a Turbulent Premiership
Ms Truss's short-lived tenure in Number 10, which lasted just seven weeks in 2022, ended in economic turmoil. Her government's mini-budget, featuring the biggest tax cuts in half a century, spooked financial markets, leading the pound to hit a 37-year low.
Facing intense pressure, she and then-Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng were forced into a humiliating U-turn, abandoning their plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. Ms Truss resigned soon after. She has since been compelled to reject the label of the UK's worst prime minister, instead blaming a resistant establishment for sabotaging her plans.
Calling for a 'MAGA'-Style Movement in the UK
The former PM's rhetoric has increasingly aligned with populist movements abroad. She has explicitly called for a UK equivalent of Donald Trump's 'Make America Great Again' (MAGA) campaign, stating that Britain needs its own version of the former US President.
At a Conservative Political Action Conference in the US, she urged tech billionaire Elon Musk and his followers to scrutinise the 'British deep state'. Her new show will tackle themes she says the mainstream avoids: the 'free speech crisis', economic stagnation, mass migration, and the cultural wars reshaping Western societies.
"In 2022, I was deposed as prime minister for trying to save Britain from the doom loop we are in," Ms Truss stated. "I was blamed for a market crisis that was not my fault … It’s time to push back, speak plainly and champion the ideas that built Britain — and can rebuild it again."
Producers of The Liz Truss Show claim it directly 'confronts the issues that others tiptoe around', positioning it as a rallying point for those disillusioned with the current political consensus.
