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muriel_volestrangler

(103,477 posts)
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 04:16 PM Apr 15

Liz Truss to launch 'uncensored' social network to counter mainstream media

Liz Truss is preparing to launch her own social media platform championing free speech, as she warned the “deep state” and mainstream media were stifling freedom of expression in Britain.

The former prime minister said the platform would launch this summer. It is her latest attempt to become a leading figure on the radical right in Britain, openly declaring her support for Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s mission to slash state spending in the US.

Truss made the revelation at a cryptocurrency conference in Bedford over the weekend. She said that she had been “cut off at the knees” when she became prime minister by “the elite”, which opposed radical change.

“That has made me think that it’s not enough just to get into number 10,” she said. “What I’m now thinking is we need a media network to be able to communicate to people, to be able to have a grassroots movement that is actually really demanding change of our leaders.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/15/liz-truss-to-launch-uncensored-social-network-to-counter-mainstream-media

LOL. Will it outlast a lettuce? Trump could use his for people to suck up to him, and he had a ready-made flock of worshippers. Truss doesn't seem to realise that she's just a disposable curiosity for right-wingers. I mean, look at her massive popularity so far:

Liz Truss managed to shift a paltry 2,228 copies of her book in the first week of sales, Nielson data shows.

The former prime minister has entered the bestsellers’ list at number 70, below RuPaul’s memoir and an air-fryer cookbook.
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Compared to memoirs released by other former prime ministers, Ten Years to Save the West falls below the 21,000 copies sold by David Cameron in its first week and well short of Tony Blair’s autobiography, which managed to shift 92,000 copies in the same timeframe.
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John Major’s memoir sold just 5,415 copies in its first week but went on to exceed 200,000 in total. Edward Heath’s The Course of My Life struggled to surpass 20,000 copies, while Gordon Brown’s My Life, Our Times sold about 30,000.

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/liz-truss-manages-to-shift-just-2228-copies-of-her-book-373699/
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Liz Truss to launch 'uncensored' social network to counter mainstream media (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Apr 15 OP
Prepare for a full face splat by old Liz! rurallib Apr 15 #1
Still completely lacking in any self awareness T_i_B Apr 15 #2
She gonna name it Iceberg? tanyev Apr 15 #3
Brace for impact, Liz this full face splat is coming in hot! yogina Apr 16 #4
I wonder what will happen... LeftishBrit Friday #5
How about lettuce jokes? T_i_B Friday #6
What a little gem of a post. Emrys Sunday #7
I was on another forum... LeftishBrit Monday #8
Is she in cahoots with JD Vance now???? T_i_B Monday #9

T_i_B

(14,848 posts)
2. Still completely lacking in any self awareness
Tue Apr 15, 2025, 06:22 PM
Apr 15

Last edited Wed Apr 16, 2025, 01:16 AM - Edit history (1)

Does she not have anyone around her who can gently explain why she's a really bad choice to front such a project

LeftishBrit

(41,333 posts)
5. I wonder what will happen...
Fri Apr 18, 2025, 07:02 PM
Friday

if someone posts 'Liz Truss crashed the economy'?

Will the site remain free and uncensored, or will there be instant orders to Cease and Desist?

T_i_B

(14,848 posts)
6. How about lettuce jokes?
Fri Apr 18, 2025, 09:25 PM
Friday

Romaine's to be seen if that would get you kicked off that website, or will that be the tip of the iceberg?

Emrys

(8,585 posts)
7. What a little gem of a post.
Sun Apr 20, 2025, 10:24 AM
Sunday

Cos it's funny, innit?

Truss's new site is bound to be a Web wonder!

You'd think she'd have got the message by now that nobody's interested in her, butterhead's too big.

LeftishBrit

(41,333 posts)
8. I was on another forum...
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 10:06 AM
Monday

where it was suggested that Truss and Johnson might get together and start a forum called 'Pork Markets and Porkies'.

I suppose 'The Slug and Lettuce' might be an alternative name for such a forum.

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