My front row seat to the fall of Liz Truss | Exit Interviews

“We ended up with a pretty ill-disciplined situation where actually lots of people were stating their opinion, and you can't work like that.”
As former cabinet minister Chloe Smith prepares to step down from Parliament after 15 years, she reflects on how Liz Truss’s government became unworkable.
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[@benhayward2597]

Great time to stand down before her party gets demolished.

[@amug.7279]

She tolerated Tory corruption. Bad. She supported Truss worse.

[@andrewgreen5892]

There's a lot of poverty in Norwich, and Chloe Smith has constantly voted to make it worse. She's contemptible

[@richardtodd6559]

Thinking she was a leader…because she’d got some useless deals in her other jobs

[@jeremyclutson8244]

One of the worst Mp's for years. Why are Times Radio giving her air time to wash her reputation?

[@dickie_white]

These Times Radio titles, are becoming too click-batey. I'm starting to get reluctant to watch now - especially the longer ones.

[@willalm830]

Mindless waffle now for the rest to leave the stage and good riddance a political footnote, and the total disaster of the free loading foot pads

[@fToo]

@26:12 post covid voting in Parliament - wasn't that Jacob Rees Mogg who insisted on old style voting?

[@martinhsl68hw]

She never really recovered from the Paxman mauling

[@laxeystu8096]

She doesn't seem like a natural politician in her body language and speaking

[@ChangesOneTim]

A somewhat underwhelming, babbling person. If much of Parliament's intake around her time and since is of similar calibre, it goes some way to explain the mess it's in today.

[@teej143]

Body language tells a truer story

[@neilmcclary]

you ave been in power14 years and have done nothing

[@steveharrison4176]

Yeah but did you resign ,did you say the budget was a disaster ? no you sat there an put your job before the people an the country.

[@hilaryjohnson2386]

Liz Truss went wrong by being an arrogant autocrat,with a deluded idea of her own self importance,in the face of objective reality.Second to a lettuce.

[@allancrotch2953]

She is a great politician proper is the term in Norfolk ..She will be missed but as Reform will form the next government anyway no prob.

[@beachcomber1able]

In other words you concur with the other commentators. 😆

[@allancrotch2953]

I am not interested in other commentators in other words I ment what I stated.That is the norm in Norfolk .@@beachcomber1able

[@dreamcrusher112]

Reform will get nothing. Have you read their manifesto? It's all fairytales.

[@bradwhiteuk]

Allan... in what world are Reform forming the next government? They're currently on course to win 9% of the popular vote and ZERO seats.

[@hilaryjohnson2386]

Reform will form the next government.How,precisely?Via a coupe?😂