Kwasi Kwarteng Responds to Former PM Liz Truss Losing Her Seat

'I think what happened with Liz and myself was a big part of this, but it wasn't the only ingredient of this defeat. I think there was mistakes made in the last 18 months'
Susanna Reid, Ed Balls, Andrew Pierce, Kevin Maguire, Ayesha Hazarika, and Kwasi Kwarteng discuss the news that Liz Truss has lost her Norfolk South West seat.
Broadcast on 05/07/24
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[@dean9235]

We owe a lot to Liz Truss. She did more to damage the Tory party than any left wing media could. "We paid a heavy price", he says. No, Kwasi. The British people suffered a heavy price. It doesn't affect you. That's part of the problem.

[@Mozart69938]

That’s exactly the problem. They are still not getting it. It’s always about them. Not the people.

[@sakhter4044]

Beautifully said its the public who suffer while every year the politicians get pay rises and expenses we get more council tax but less services what a useless government there own citizens being put in danger and treated like second class shame on the many traitors in power just a get rich schemes for these shareholders and landlords whatever rackets they run they are the winners while the public is the loser when will people speak up and wake up.

[@ohdearism]

Left wing media?

[@dean9235]

@@ohdearism ok, anti-right wing media.

[@simulationkoyo]

She paid the Lettuce in price, I mean Lettuce.

[@SimonSmith-yd6tt]

The Tories lost because they weren't the cure they were the disease,

[@Yazzie101]

Well said!

[@bortstanson2034]

Ebola

[@simulationkoyo]

Oh no, not the Lettuce!

[@mac7040]

Calling people a disease. Fascist or communist ?

[@757Poppy]

@@mac7040 the only 'ist' is realist

[@catherinehanner284]

Kwarteng giving advice. Ffs!

[@RankinMsP]

😂😂😂

[@JT-si6bl]

Gives us insight into the programme.

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

Kwarteng is useless too

[@Michael-jy5rn]

Truss and kwarteng should have been given advice to stay out of politics

[@henrydemonfreid1985]

@@Michael-jy5rn Kwarteng should be on a zero hour contract cleaning toilets

[@luraloon9392]

Liz is the worst pm ever in the history

[@ggunga7764]

Yes I could not agree more! Now I am paying my mortgage than my NHS pension leaving no money

[@anthony64632]

Boris is the worst PM too

[@frothe42]

@@anthony64632 So is Wonky Eye Sunak

[@cdeford2]

She doesn't even make the top 10. Blair, Brown, Cameron, Johnson, May and Sunak are all worse.

[@tomben6180]

@@ggunga7764Cost me £200 a month for the last 2 years, with another to go, so what’s that, £7200 over 3 years? I’m just a working class 32 year old with 2 kids under 4, it’s a lot of money her short government cost me. The fact she didn’t have the dignity to speak says it all really.

[@user-dk6jb6hq9t]

Asking the arsonist why the fire started..

[@margareta9081]

😂

[@tempest957]

Brilliant and so true!

[@margareta9081]

@@tempest957 😂😂😭

[@egougwu1123]

Oh really. Boris Johnson and Liz Truss had zero blame. Let's look for a black person to blame. Not saying he is innocent but he definitely is not the arsonist.

[@ao4514]

More like asking the arsonist who is covered in gasoline with sets of matches the following rhetorical question: You burnt down the house ...........didn't you ?

[@yetiboysw8933]

The man who made my mortgage unaffordable. He should be in prison!

[@OldQueer]

You made your mortgage unaffordable by overextending yourself. People like you are part of the problem too.

[@PastaSauce.]

And still has the nerve to show his face on anywhere that will have him.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

@@OldQueer 🤡

[@HoneyH-Rock]

They don't care.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

@@OldQueer 🤡

[@echobay5040]

Truss. Zero humility. Couldn’t even thank her constituents for their support over the last several years. Devoid of humanity.

[@jasonkoch3182]

She would have to care about someone not named Liz Truss.

[@awake1807]

Just cold🥶

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Personality of a rocking horse

[@TheShrooom]

prior to Liz's premiership I was a stout believer in the non-existence of reptilian humanoids

[@Cecil-yc6mc]

@@jasonkoch3182 first class narcissist

[@paulc1553]

Good riddance to Liz Truss. So classless keeping her fellow candidates waiting and then leaving without saying anything.

[@josimpson7999]

Yes exactly.

[@paulc1553]

@josimpson7999: Thank you.

[@dimsoneill]

True to form.

[@davidpearn2484]

She couldn't find the stage, poor cow.

[@joycethompson5964]

1​@@dimsoneill

[@ChubbyChecker182]

Kwasi has no shame, he should be banished. Please do not have him on TV.

[@hibbiea8841]

Otherwise he will be drowned in the OctoPod

[@Jaded29]

But then we wouldn’t get to see the look on his face when Susanna pointed out his admission of guilt

[@rorykeegan1895]

Long on dignity, short on shame

[@josephinebrevig8748]

I know...so insulting for him to be on the platform

[@thecrimsondragon9744]

Yes, banish him from the realm please (and all the other crooks)!

[@Omni-Man]

The fact that this guy seriously thinks he can talk with absolutely any authority what-so-ever is so insane it's annoying.

[@gunnyo50]

Kwasi shouldn't have any authority to speak on political matters on TV after that disastrous budget that he and Liz Truss put into the country. The country was on its knees after the pandemic but somehow they made it even worse which seemed virtually impossible to do. I'm glad Liz faced some sort of punishment on her disastrous time when she was PM.

[@itinerant1000]

@@gunnyo50 Won't she be receiving £115,000 a year from now on? Some punishment!

[@mothermovementa]

He's an animal

[@mikeyoung7660]

It couldn't happen to a nicer lettuce

[@ant7936]

Losing a 20,000 majority? That's not a loss - that's a calamity! 😅 😂

[@anitachin596]

26,000 + majority. Madness budget but she probably did us all a favour to expose how badly the tories “f**ked up”

[@maradellabianca381]

Kazzee dressed like pencil man Sunak and wilting like Liz Lettuce.

[@mjl2904]

You have to ask who are the 11,217 that voted for Liz Truss.They might need some professional help

[@teesee03]

Most are the kind of people who would vote for an actual lettuce, as long as it had a blue rosette sitting on top of it.

[@SuperBullaMan]

Those were the missing Trump votes from Georgia 😅😂😊

[@mattinterweb]

How this guy has the nerve to come on in the first place is beyond me.

[@howardcarter8221]

I was surprised, I was like, isn’t he in prison?

[@christophersimpson5683]

Brilliant to see Brexiteers, Mogg , Truss Johnson and Gove are all history, made today perfect.

[@jaybee4288]

Johnson and Gove ran away to make money and Mogg gets rich from GB news. No consequences for them really.

[@marcdaniels9079]

Sadly all gone having lived their pockets and will no doubt waltz into various non exec directorships with 6 figure salaries

[@hiskeplantinga1519]

Ohh, he has "some degree" in the Tories downfall😂😂😂

[@Algolxxxxxx]

It isn't that Truss didn't get enough votes, she got 11,217 too many.

[@MarcosSimpson-kw8sg]

You wonder who these 11000 are!

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

That’s about the amount her hero donald went looking for in Georgia

[@NickRowsell]

11,217 people voted for her … unreal !!

[@NickRowsell]

@@Kodakcompactdisc … nice one

[@reginaldamoah8608]

Justice served

[@aliancemd]

Was it? Their friends will still be lords, still have the stolen billions from PPE contracts, etc…

[@echobay5040]

Kwarteng and Truss still in denial. However Truss’s face was a picture of political defeat and irrelevance 😂

[@babycharliebrown]

Kwasi needs to hide. He has no shame.

[@gust5992]

Still…..the arrogance and moral bankruptcy of Kwasi Kwarteng made me want to puke…..I am disgusted!! Well done Labor….well done LibDem👌👍👏🎉

[@ggunga7764]

Yes. Voted for liberal democrat!

[@amcc5887]

Absolutely 💯%correct , and not a mention of the B word 🤷🤷🤷

[@KatherineSparkes]

We are the only two people who have congratulated the Lib/Dems and by extension Ed Davey. Everyone has been raving about Farage and Reform.

[@Juicexlx]

Tories destroyed UK's economy, there's no putting lipstick on that piglet to make it look pretty. Why is Mr. Kwarteng even offered a microphone at this point?

[@djslybacon]

A few in the Tory party would get off on a piglet in lipstick!

[@lastdimestudios]

LT turns and walks off when she lost - yep no Fs given by her. Honestly the true colours of these people, power power power! And all I can say is ‘Get Out’!

[@PygmyHippo-dt9yt]

The arrogance to stand after such a debacle. Are the voters supposed to reward this failure by voting for the equivalent of a blue balloon on a stick?

[@wraith7707]

Tories have an inherent belief that they have a right to rule. Im just surprised they *dont* have the initiative to run off with the bag after ruining everything.

[@amcc5887]

They very nearly did 🤦🤦🤦🤷🤷🤷

[@connorparsfield7456]

Kamakwasi the worst chancellor we ever had

[@sphinx1017]

It was wonderful to watch Truss listen to the results and hear that she had lost. Marvellous stuff.

[@bluebluesky3170]

They're actually told before they go on stage, according to the BBC last night. I suspect that's why she kept everyone waiting - she had to stop screaming.

[@vincentvangogh8092]

NO THEY TOLD HER 10 MINUTES BEFORE THEY READ THEM OUT

[@jonathananderson3897]

Kwasi and truss should be charged with treason

[@ohdearism]

This is 2024, not 1424.

[@namrofni6236]

Treason requires a direct threat to the king/queen

[@tomcross3000]

not treason, but criminal negligence.

[@chrispalmer7893]

@@namrofni6236 And Truss and Kwarteng hurt everyone else, but the King did OK out of them

[@MrSonofsonof]

Being absolutely useless at your job is no crime.

[@janeday9148]

Truss & he have caused such hardship for so many trying to pay their mortgages for a start, with their arrogant incompetence

[@MrStoneyburke]

So sad that Liz Truss has just lost her seat after all it's not so long ago that she lost her mind.

[@HistoryonYouTube]

It would be nice if they genuinely accepted responsibility and refunded to people like me the huge additional mortgage costs that we must pay.

[@ohdearism]

The arrogance that comes with being a Tory denies them any responsibility.

[@yn7751]

You were going to pay higher mortgage costs anyway, in what world were interests rates not going to go up?

[@mikeb7379]

Truss is deranged. To have the gall to even stand for re election after losing to a lettuce? And Kwarteng? I'm lost for words at the the the? FFS.

[@patscott8612]

talk about a bad loser. she took a match and lighter fluid and set fire to 35bn and cost many ppl their mortgages and stopped some from getting on the housing ladder.

[@christopherjohnson8896]

KK, it's a really bad result but I made sh*tlaods of cash when I shorted the pound, so, I'm happy....

[@peterlinfield8707]

And his old mate, and former boss, Crispin Odey made even more. Corrupt to their very core. Prison is too good for these criminals.

[@AllodialTitle]

Isn't that how Mogg family became rich, through Soros.

[@ggunga7764]

Well she was the worst pm putting all of us in big trouble 😭😭😞😭

[@FriendlyTwo]

Brexit killed Tories. This is a lesson for parties that failed to lead the country in the correct direction.

[@jonlee2217]

It wasn't Brexit itself, it was the Tories failure to negotiate an exit deal in spite just because they lost the leave vote. That's the self-serving dishonesty that people can't forgive.

[@amcc5887]

Correct ✔️,and not a mention of the B word,🤷🤷🤷🤦🤦🤦

[@ECKohns]

@@jonlee2217 The Tories were the ones who introduced and pushed Brexit. But then failed to implement the very thing they demanded.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

Truss was not going to make a losing speech congratulating the incoming MP. Look at the way she behaved when she won the Tory Party leadership and became PM egotistically looking straight through everyone for her own gain (ignoring Sunak next to her). A very nasty piece of work.

[@KevinMole-cj3kl]

Yeah she was just vile everyone wanted her out ....

[@DorrisDiaz]

Kwasi talks about ‘what happened’ with Liz and me as though they were caught having a love affair rather than bringing the country to the brink of ruin.

[@coppershark1973]

Rumour has it that they did have an affair.

[@globalistgamer6418]

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[@greymouser8659]

Another 'great' Cameron decision.....passes into the septic tank of history.

[@DrMontague]

He has no money worries you probably have, he intelligent in that degree

[@edpistemic]

@@DrMontague It's not that hard when you're born with it!

[@DrMontague]

@@edpistemic well done to reece he fleeced the dozy working class, now it's tory Kiers scammers turn

[@gamewithadam7235]

And she'll still get a Prime Minister paycheck for life.

[@raymondharrison1425]

Kwarteng should be in prison, along with Truss, both conspired to bankrupt the country! Wouldn't give him a job, laying tables? 😮😅

[@georgemayo5623]

This Knighthood system needs, to be reformed.

[@alankiy2054]

@georgemayo. It does if they give Southgate a knighthood !

[@MasterWhimp]

I know people hate Kwasi but he does actually seem like a very likeable guy, his blunt honesty is quite refreshing tbh. I think he is abit flippant about everything but I like that

[@cplhpilot]

Easy to miss, but great to see redundant tory boy Andrews Pierce sitting there stewing in his own bile.....

[@martinahardaker8739]

Truss is another one who should never have a place in power.IMO. I don't like her and I'm going to simply ignore her from now on.

[@Mozart69938]

Hopefully to disappear from Politics forever

[@ohdearism]

The same sentiment of her own father.

[@johnmartin7158]

UK has already ignored her fortunately.

[@JamesSnazell]

Liz Truss loosing her seat wasn't a shock that was obvious that was potentially going to happen. The biggest shock was Jonathan Ashworth loosing his seat.

[@Mozart69938]

Sunak a caretaker? I wouldn’t let him take care of my studio flat while on vacation. No no no. We don’t want to see his hyena Smile any longer on TV. California is calling.

[@jackkruese4258]

Dreadful woman no shame at all.

[@kiantongho498]

He has the cheek and say that it was disappointing? What was disappointing, sir, is your incompetence is protecting the finances of the country....

[@awake1807]

Never heard a man so confidently say "...I was sacked" wow! And while smiling from ear to ear!

[@globalistgamer6418]

He only lost his job, he still gets the trussy.

[@daleevans1222]

Kwasi should be no where near tv. Talks a good game now. Y did he not do his talking in the job

[@alimos76harrington62]

Interesting that he thinks moving right is the way to go as opposed to going central. No lessons learnt.

[@mac7040]

Depends on what you call right. What right wing policies did the conservatives use and how are comparable labour polices different? Remember labours majority, just like the conservatives, does not mean they have the majority of voter support by any means.

[@louiseowusu246]

Ayesha: No Kwasi, you can't spin this!😂

[@roykitchen206]

This was all Liz Truss fault.

[@kevinkevin-ug9po]

KWARTENG, Its not as bad as I thought it would be???

[@Mozart69938]

Still oblivious

[@mikeyoung7660]

😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@mikeyoung7660]

That made me laugh out loud

[@MarceldeJong]

He still can’t count?

[@batmansarah6325]

I thought I had tucked up much worse than that!

[@josephinebrevig8748]

Why are you apologising to Kwasi for that mad budget?

[@margaretsalasidis7529]

Are we getting lessons from Kwasi?. Back to the Beeb for me.

[@georgelopez-zt4qz]

😅kwasi is the worst person ever

[@user-zc4yd9ss7h]

Truss losing is the cherry on the icing. So richly deserved. Pork!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Myndir]

Lettuce!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@billywoodward584]

Thank you Rishi Sunak, Boris Johson and Lizz Truss for showing us exactly what the Tories are, bye bye and farewell hurray.

[@kennethhodges3187]

Good Riddance would be more appropriate!

[@szahmad2416]

I came here for the laughs when I saw the name Liz Truss in the title. She's priceless! And by priceless, I mean worth zero.

[@khaltsharivist365]

All political life ends in failure. The like of Liz Truss flew close to the sun forgetting that her wings were of wax.

[@prasannasurange]

He was the chief architect of the debacle.

[@kramchancel1266]

why is anyone giving Kwasi Kwarteng a platform? This guy almost killed the UK economy

[@BettyBlack99]

The UK leaders r so much more humble & kind to one another. It’s nice. American politicians only blame each other & never work together or admit their mistakes

[@fractalwalrus5409]

It seams that a constitutional democracy is more democratic than the republic! I hate to say it but the American experiment is very near failure.

[@MarkFugitive-]

You're easily tricked but nobody is as bad as American politicians.

[@Stephen0988]

I Hope that the Tories learn a lesson but I doubt it.

[@frothe42]

The Lettuce has been binned!

[@redalert2834]

How much will we be forking out for the long and comfortable retirement Liz Truss is now going to enjoy, and does the new government have any intention of severing those payments?

[@NoxiousRob]

Poor Liz, she'll have to struggle by on her £130k tax payer funded pension, and the other money she can gain from book deals, directorships and consultancy fees.

[@geraintdavies4694]

I'll read her book (as long as I can steal a copy)

[@billywoodward584]

It's brilliant News that Lizz Truss has lost her seat.

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

Truss and Rees-Mogg 🤔 Together with Bojo those that did the most damage

[@dogzero1]

I would personally like to thank Truss, Kwarteng, Baker, Johnson, Mogg etc, they became hated by the people and they have helped Labour win. I thank you.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Please now let her and him be forgotten

[@Frederick-in2rz]

They couldn't see the problem, they were doin' so well, getting richer, Going nowhere, doing nothing.

[@markaxworthy2508]

The redeeming feature is that Sunak and Hunt were grown ups and Starmer and Reeves appear to be too. We have had enough of egocentric attention seekers and political extremists.

[@ColinGreen-pi7kj]

It still won't affect her £100k. PENSION. for " Services to the Country ! " ( Courtesy of UK. Taxpayers )

[@user-lx9fq1zh2f]

You can thank Gordon Brown for that, I think he put that in place.

[@thomasjohnrobinson4658]

I cant believe Liz Truss had the neck to even stand as an MP again.

[@guydreamr]

No time at all for this captain of the Titanic.

[@Tomara710]

At least he has more time to sneak around with Liz when the husband isn't looking.

[@samstvshow]

Truss might treat herself to a new toilet seat.

[@CalLatMan]

Good result for the nation.

[@kennethrichardson8311]

And what of Cameron, back to the other place, unelected with expenses, allowances and other benefits thrown in!

[@paulrose2107]

It was a very very very bad results for the Tories cannot accept there was incompetence on his part.

[@simonquoringdon8133]

I just want to say "Hahahahahahahahahahahaha"!

[@sueronhaworth5713]

HALLELUJAH the country has finally rid itself of a shedload of trash it has been coming WHAT A RELIEF.

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

"Mistakes were made"....Interesting use of passive tense to avoid admitting his and Liz's responsibility. "What happened with us," was a part of this result, rather than "What we did......

[@moffattF]

The right wing shafted by the extreme right. Poetic justice.😢

[@danjon8799]

I can honestly say the sad thing isn't that Liz Truss lost her seat. Its that she lost in such an immature way. She didn't even congratulate the former candidate (which even other senior mps have done so).

[@HappyCodingZX]

Since she lost her Premiership, Truss has shown no regret or remorse whatever for her calamitous tenure in office, so it comes as no surprise that she would have neither the courage nor the grace to give a concession speech, choosing instead to limp offstage into the wilderness with the same bewildered expression we have all become so familiar with. She will no doubt re-emerge in a few months time, ready to blame anyone and everyone but herself.

[@stephenjon3502]

Should be locked up.

[@georgemayo5623]

It was inevitable for Elizabeth Truss, to loose the constituency.

[@edc1569]

She and him cost us all thousands

[@annemitchell6144]

GOOD

[@yn7751]

Labour getting 2/3 of the seats on 1/3 of the vote, there isnt anything to learn except figure out how to game the FPTP system

[@peterdonoghue8161]

She's raging lol I wonder if she's even lightly aware of why she got the boot. Good on Kwasi for mostly hiding his smile though.

[@shrimpoffthebarbie]

I bet all of those people are getting paid today.

[@truthsayer7172]

Penny Mordaunt defeat surprising to me. She was seen as the UK's next Prime Minister.

[@kennethhodges3187]

Not by me she wasn't!

[@elthamtreehugger5320]

The most obscene, corrupt and deplorable losing power, people woke up.

[@Martin-qm2lg]

Best to take 100% responsible for failure, mistakes, and be humble and to move over for a new, fresh bench of smart leaders and talent. That is good for the party and country.

[@y2kbug58]

Save time, go straight to 16:00

[@ScottStewart92]

im just surprised Scotland has set fire to itself 😂

[@frankcarter6427]

Liz had a 'close friendship' with Kwasi (until her husband found out)