PopCon: Inside the Liz Truss revolution | The News Agents

Liz Truss and her mates have been selling their version of popular conservatism in central London this morning.
They were delighted to see Lewis at their launch who spoke to Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nigel Farage about both their vision and their seeming hypocrisy.
We ask Sir Charles Walker, of the same party, if he recognizes this brand of conservatism or if they are in fact “useful idiots“ for the right-wing fringe Reform UK party.
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[@clivedavies5618]

Liz Truss - "A planet sized mass of ambition teetering on a pin head of a political brain." - Matthew Parris

[@GiveMeBourbon]

The restraint Lewis had there not to smack Rees-Mogg in his smarmy mouth borders on the saintly.

[@jeffdingle9677]

Nurse, she's got out again. Quick - fetch her strait-jacket....

[@stuartmcgill2291]

I think that they are desperate to find scapegoats for their own failure-couldn't be their fault, could it ?

[@paulcoleman3081]

I don't like the way Liz Truss is described as "spearheading' this new group because spears are often quite sharp.

[@jamesmoore5899]

The insanity of Truss knows no bounds as she moves her invisible bag of right wing views from side to side.

[@gavinsmith9564]

It's always someone else's fault with these clowns, the EU, then judges, then Bank of England, then then...

[@Tom_murray89]

It’s as if the tories hadn’t been in power since 2010

[@RobertSmith-di5ll]

I cannot wait to vote - bye bye tories

[@realbworld]

Can we remind ourselves that Liz Truss beat Sunak ….. in a straight race to represent the whole Conservative Party. They all need to go….. forever.

[@FullMetalAsh]

The way JRM says "You keep your hands to yourself." during Lewis's interview is really telling. Lewis was clearly just gesturing, but JRM has such a look of disdain and disgust at the thought that he is sharing the same space as somebody he clearly considers to be beneath him.

[@jmitch6896]

can't believe how important these people think they are once they are left in the past the better

[@martinradcliffe4798]

One assumes that Rees=-Mogg, now that he's so "anti-establishment" and "anti -elite" will be disowning the knighthood very soon.

[@jonathanokeefe9783]

I checked this morning on the 'Popular' Conservative' website...and 24 hours after the launch, a grand total of 30 people have signed up... Freaking HILARIOUS, the delusion of these swivel-eyed loons.

[@moore_news]

It's kind of fitting all these faction names end up being shortened to con 😃

[@USERNAMEfieldempty]

Shamelessness is the new Popular Conservative Vibe.

[@riccardopusceddu6232]

Reducing immigration takes time? I would have thought that 14 years in power would be more than enough for not just reducing immigration but to revert it altogether with some long due deportations.

[@robbielad]

Pop Con Artists

[@markbaillie2895]

Emily's face the mention of Liz Truss 😂Classic moment in time.

[@connclissmann6514]

The further right they go, the better. They will not be missed on their ultra-right cloud of their virtual world.