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LeftishBrit

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Tue Oct 18, 2022, 03:56 PM Oct 2022

It's not often that I agree with Edwina Currie, but... [View all]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/liz-truss-is-charmless-graceless-brainless-and-useless-former-tory-minister-says/ar-AA136jiY?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=154fae15148c464f88ec7d7353adc9a0


...Speaking on Tuesday Edwina Currie, an ex-health minister, said there was absolutely no way the prime minister would survive in office.

Asked during an interview with the GB News channel whether Ms Truss could survive, Ms Currie said: “Oh, no, of course she can't survive. Oh my goodness. I'm going to put this on record. I think she is charmless, graceless, brainless and useless."

Elaborating, Ms Currie claimed that the Tory leader "doesn't have any of the skills" to put across her argument.

"You sack senior civil servants, you ignore all the systems that are there, and then you wonder why the markets really get freaked out?" she said...


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