Did Liz Truss really consider scrapping cancer treatment on the NHS? | The News Agents

The disastrous "mini budget" of Liz Truss' short time in Downing Street will go down in history. But did she really consider stopping the NHS treating cancer patients in a bid to find the savings to clean up the fallout?

Jon and Lewis speak to political biographer, Sir Anthony Seldon, about the dramatic 49 days of the shortest serving British Prime Minister.

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[DE-xtjv]

Truss pretended to be thatcher, Boris pretended to be Churchill. Both were neither. What buffoons.

[englandcalling]

Truss, Johnson and Trump, share the continuing belief, they are of greater importance, than the offices they held.

[bweb]

All the details revealed so far about Liz Truss' 49 day period as prime minister just seem to get worse and worse. I do agree with this guest when he says Truss and Johnson were totally unfit for the position of prime minister.

[pennywynn]

That Liz Truss is a Trump supporter tells me all I need to know about her.

[wilsel]

How did that happen? MPs should go through psychological screening before being allowed to take office. Truss would have been ruled out within a couple of minutes.

[TravelinChina]

'Odder than most'
This should be written as the caption underneath every Truss photo.

[sbor]

Sir Anthony had fascinating insights and understanding of historical contexts. Only a few but great questions, and observations. Proper long-form journalism. Thanks a lot!

[PhilipHaddon]

Harold Wilson, polytechnics, open university, and no troups to Vietnam.... Not too bad surely.

[grippingyarnsuk]

Truss was also Foreign Secretary when Putin invaded Ukraine. That went well too … not .

[riccardo-]

Let this sink in: today is 31/August/2024 and Starmer has outdone Lettuce (58 days x 49 days) :D

[colinwhyte]

The more you hear about Liz Truss's thinking. The more you have to question her actual character & comprehension of reality

[lawrencenoctor]

Ego on the scale of of Truss/Johnson cannot see beyond itself.

[bensalt]

Very odd to see and hear my old headmaster and history teacher on here...his cadence and voice hasn't changed! Brilliant well researched modern review of someone who never should have been able to get this close to power let alone be elected. It was 49 days too long...

[cameronfateweaver]

NEVER FORGET that it was a cabal of older, wealthy, Tories that voted for liz truss. Tax the rich, tax property, tax pensions - tax them out of existence.

[martinamckeown.]

An absolutely fantastic episode 👏🏻great questions! Thanks so much

[grahammccready]

"Level up" was just a throw away phrase. It meant nothing

[GeoffV-kh]

I have believed for some time that Truss is probably insane.

[thaumaturgeishere]

"Britian is in a difficult position" - a shining example of an understatement.

[AndyRossism]

She should have been in a secure wing of someplace, before she got near Downing St.
That this country let her and Johnson get to where they did is such a damning insight into the state of this country and some of its voters.

[brian]

Shouldn't prise Thatcher so much. Watch all the privitisation she brought in be