Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "Liz Truss tried to do a gas deal and Kwasi Kwateng objected" video.

  1. Probably too volatile and apt to explode in people’s faces, despite its copious abundance.
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  2. Thank you for exploring Seldon’s book a bit further with us. The mere fact that Truss has the instinct to, “defend,” her record and not to, “account,” for it, even APOLOGISE for it, shows more of that, “personal and institutional failure,” that Seldon refers to in the introduction to his book on Johnson that is characteristic of the current brand of Tory and speaks to the core of what is really wrong with them. For over a decade now the Tories have fostered this culture of thin skinned, defensive aggression in their ranks and lauding these qualities in their leaders, aping the Republican manner of doing politics and Americanising their approach to every topic. This aggressive, divisive and unreasoning approach has rendered actual debate impossible and dialectics out of the question. And we do need a healthy, capable opposition that can hold the government’s feet to the fire on important policy issues, rather than squandering every opportunity by either uniformly running off to America, rattling their begging tins at their Republican puppeteers, or writing op eds for the domestic client press that read as being wholly out of touch with reality, let alone the British people, set on driving further wedges into society. If you were to ask me, “What makes a, ‘good,’ politician, Ash?” I would probably describe someone with a POSITIVE vision, FUTURE FOCUSSED, whilst being realistic about the present, well EDUCATED in law and history, but most of all, like Winston Churchill in 1941, able to UNITE the British people with a sense of joined destiny, purpose and prosperity. I don’t think I need say much more about those politicians who do the diametric opposite of what I just described. I need only say, “Liz Truss,” and the point is made. That is why, for me, Seldon’s book on Truss will face a tall order convincing me that Truss was not the worst PM Britain has ever had since Walpole first, sort of, created the post. But, because he believes in the salutary, educational value of contemporary history, I look forward to reading (listening to) his book.
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  3. A clip of a lettuce, a snippet from her resignation speech and that sign coming down in the Lead By Donkeys video? That just about covers it, right?
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  4.  @anne-mariebuchanan480  : How very kind of you. Thank you.
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