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Liz Truss responds to be being compared to a lettuce during time as PM
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16/04/2024
The former Prime Minister was asked by the BBC's Chris Mason about accusations that her time in Downing Street left the UK as 'an international laughing stock'
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Talk directly to the viewer, the listener, who, whatever their politics, says that
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your time as Prime Minister left the UK as an international laughingstock.
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Well, I don't, I don't think that's true.
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And you lasted for all the stuff about the lasting less time than a letter.
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This is just, this is just pathetic, you know, point scoring.
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But it's not about politics, isn't it? Most people don't pay much attention to politics
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most of the time. You say that, but, and what I care about is how successful people,
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how, how successful our country is and whether or not people in this country have, you know,
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a good life, opportunities, freedom. That's what I care about. And if you're constantly worried
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about what other people think of you or what other countries think of you, it's just...
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