LIZ TRUSS RESIGNS

In this emergency podcast Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell react to the news that Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister after barely six weeks in office. Who will replace her as leader of the Conservatives and what chance do they have of uniting their party behind them?

Producer: Dom Johnson + Nicole MaslenExec Producer: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport

[JoshLikesFuzz]

I admire Rory's capacity for empathy but for all the talk of Liz's health; what about the health of the citizens of this country that she inflicted her experiment on? I know I have been at my wits end over the last 8 weeks. Liz Truss truly was incubated and isolated from reality on Tufton Street and I don't think she will ever be able to come to terms with what she inflicted on the country in her short term. Agree with the wider analysis on Brexit and its now time to get in a government with a clean slate and fresh mandate to actually move forward with the mess and try to return us to a place of stability.

[spartacusforlife]

She deserved to be humiliated. The absolute arrogance to put forward an economic plan without the OBR onside was moronic

[Robin-cfts]

Utterly humiliating for her. So is not being able to afford to feed yourself or losing your home. Having hospitals opening food banks to feed staff! I could go on and on and on. Good riddance to her and hopefully the rest of the ERG soon enough.

[SimonHorrocks]

On the BBC this morning they talked to a guy in Shropshire.

"Everyone is sick to their back teeth of the Conservatives."

"Would you vote Labour?"

"No. I'd still vote Conservative."

It's not just the politicians making us a laughing stock.

[idleishde]

All hail the lettuce. May it's leaves be ever green 🍃

[MARKSTRINGFELLOW]

I don't feel sorry for her . She asked for the job

[simonspeechley]

I think Alistair is orchestrating all of these crises to keep his podcast at number one

[willalm]

She even U turned on not being a quitter

[TommysGuitar]

This is perfect background material to listen to. Super interesting and great quality of conversation. Thank you Alastair and Rory for providing first hand insight and opinions on our politics. Keep them coming! Tom

[julesjgreig]

I do like the Rory summaries. Keep them up.

[stevenhoward]

I really appreciate you guys having a sensible take on what is going on without having to veil it in nonsense. Politics and parliament has changed so much over the last couple of decades.

[MancunianDrummerhire]

Welcome all to the longest running episode of ‘the thick of it’ watching this all through splayed fingers.

[annishilcock]

Watching people like Yvette Cooper, Ed Milliband, Lisa Nandy or David Lammy in parliamentry debate, in contrast to Tory ministers is like watching Shakespeare having a conversation with Enid Blyton

[hugostiglitz]

I've been waiting for this all day

[colmcoakley]

i stumbled across this podcast in the last 24 hours. YouTube recommended it i think. It's brilliant, will listen to more

[donalodonoghue]

I have just watched a GB News discussion where brexit reared its head and the persisting conviction that brexit is a good thing is remarkable. I am increasingly coming to the view that Brexit has been a historical necessity and that it will persist as a wound until the English figure out what it really means to be a middling power in the world with few real (the jury is out ?!?) friends. I think that this country has so much potential, but not sure if it will be realised in my relatively limited (boomer) lifetime.

[kieranoconnor]

Boris is oh well!" I mean this 'Bin liner filled with custard and a haystack on top' is still under investigation by a Parliamentary Committee, isn't he?

[ashg]

Truss wanted the top job, was never qualified to do so

[woofpet]

Erm….at the end of this process 2 of them did NOT go in front of the country Rory. They went in front of Tory party members - lots of whom do not even reside in the UK!

[MARKSTRINGFELLOW]

With the Tories . The gene pool is just too small