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

[@biscuit4259]

Amazing

[@GiveMeBourbon]

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

[@juliemcdowell527]

that really made me laugh!

[@just-in6848]

Punch 👊

[@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510]

Backpfeifengesicht

[@GorgeDawes]

He has reserves of patience that I certainly don’t possess.

[@bendaniel2271]

​@@herrglotzenschnitzengruber1510 if only English could be as succinct

[@jeffdingle9677]

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

[@anindyamajumdar4088]

LOL 😅 Priceless!

[@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.

[@luke-alex]

dunderheading?

[@TheLucanicLord]

She'd hold it the wrong way round.

[@paulcoleman3081]

@@TheLucanicLord 🤣🤣🤣

[@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...

[@blazzz13]

And they are the ones who tell the plebs to take personal responsibility for the adverse effects of their shaite policies

[@RichWoods23]

Oh no! The left have infiltrated the corporations! There is no hope left for humanity...

[@Stand663]

Yep the Eu is doing really well . Ask the farmers.

[@Cheeseatingjunlista]

@@Stand663 Do you mean the ones in Kent? Having been shafted by the Brexit liars, they have finally got their act together. Dont worry, this protest will be near you soon, so even you might realise they have a point, that the fantacists were lying

[@mikewallace1723]

Blameism🤔 hearing nothing but passing the buck. 14 years and the last few with a massive majority and it’s everyone else’s fault. Ffs! Yet those in his constituency who vote for him, believe it all. Touch your forelock folks🙄 about the likes of him making more money. Not about equality.

[@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.

[@biscuit4259]

A lot of these politicians have personality disorders

[@Cheeseatingjunlista]

Lord Snooty impersonator pretends to be special once again eh? Doesnt he realise he is a cartoon?

[@yddraigoch]

Yet Lord Snooty is of course 'allowed' to wave his hands all over the place in front of Lewis 🤬

[@jeremygough1387]

Nanny told him to say this if the rough boys get too close.

[@jmitch6896]

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

[@Ipdex]

I'm assuming you're talking about Maitlis and Goodhall? BBC has been's left in the past?

[@ohyeah2816]

@@Ipdexnah, that minority who are less popular than even UKIP, PLOPCON.

[@PaulStargasm]

Plopcon lol!

[@martinradcliffe4798]

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

[@amcc5887]

Oh he won't be doing that I can assure you, isn't that what he wanted all along,to be addressed as a sir,,,

[@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

[@Nickelodeon81]

Pop Con Men

[@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.

[@3zObafouzr]

no it's bad. the problem is they are dragging the overton window with them

[@edwardparkinson936]

I'm not right-wing but I think Charles Walker leaving parliament this year is a loss to British Politics. He's right at the threshold of being able to operate in a 'Father of the House' role where he could truly help push out these disgusting voices of the Tories from within. Feels a lot like when Ken Clarke left. Without those voices we're left fighting PopC***s alone.

[@buzzukfiftythree]

Charles Walker sees what is happening to Conservatism and that’s why he’s walking away. He would have no success in changing things and he realises that.

[@andy_ppp]

We live in the age of ego deciding policy rather than reality.

[@tobywhitehead7488]

Anyone told mogg lately that his suit is rather ill fitting?

[@robertprice2148]

It's 200years old. He bought it when it was new.

[@RunOfTheHind]

Inside "PopCon"? A lot of rubles, I bet...

[@TrevorBarre]

Lewis's hand movements even surpass those of the idiot Truss. They are SO feeble, blaming Blair twenty years too late. It seems to be forgotten that this fool was once a Lib Dimmer - now she's trying to define 'conservatism'. Pathetic.

[@bonariablackie4047]

There are many adjectives that could be used to describe Liz Truss. Revolution is not one of them. She couldn't even find a door for crying out loud.

[@lobintool]

He didn't know if Liz Truss or Jacob Rees Mogg were at the dinner! Who is he trying to kid?

[@pappaxray2]

Nice to see Sir Charles respect towards Lewis in contrast to JRM.

[@alexcrow2905]

The idea of Liz Truss leading anything of value is laughable in itself. Even her own father has publically disowned her. It's just another raggle-taggle bunch of failed politicians trying to drag themselves back into relevance. The big threat is when they all get together, but since they couldn't organise their way out of a wet paper bag, it thankfully seems a distant one.

[@venenareligioest410]

We have had a belly full of The Lettuce’s ideas!!!!

[@michaelashworth4172]

Interesting parallel with Tony Benn. The difference is that Benn was a brilliant and persuasive speaker (and his ideological opponents acknowledged this). This can hardly be said of Truss and her ilk. And this will, hopefully, keep them out on the margins where they belong. What the nation seems to long for right now isn't highfallutin philosophizing and conspiracy theories but rather ministers that can run ministries (and stay in place long enough to push things through) and a Prime Minister who has the measure of the job. PopCon simply isn't offering that and so will likely evaporate (with some of its key players ejected from Parliament). It would be nice to think this represents the death throes of the whole neoconservative movement of the late 1990s, but the UK is not alone in the world, so that remains to be seen.

[@helipeek2736]

Propcorn? Disposable, expands and puffs up when heated and has little value………. Yup

[@findthemax]

Yes Lewis - they are all Big C’s!!

[@jeffdingle9677]

Poor old Moggo - despite being on GB News he's so biased to his own rhetoric that he doesn't adopt the balanced approach of a true journalist or interviewer. A proper interviewer maintains independence (not left or right wing bias) and offers an alternative to the opinionated-bias of the interviewee. The interviewer generally plays devil's advocate asking awkward and probing questions that challenges the interviewee's policies and views, to ensure that their argument is sound, with well-reasoned critical-thinking, with empirical-evidence and fact-checking, so that the viewer or listener can easily understand the message of the interview.

[@buzzukfiftythree]

He merely reflects the low level of journalism and journalists that populate GB News. I watched it just the once and it was laughably awful.

[@ianbanks3016]

Madmen tilting at windmills.

[@eoghanlamont]

Masterclass in restraint with JRM. A weaker man would have made him wear that microphone.

[@lorenzocorradini7556]

Excellent show like always !! (As a Belgian) You're my favorite source of British politics 🙂👍👍

[@summer031977]

Blind leading the Blind in the conservative party.

[@Bigwave2003]

Lis Truss's husband sleeps in the spare bedroom because she has the stench of defeat.

[@simonbamford8441]

Wonderful stuff as always.

[@bryanclarke1927]

Wow. Her methods really worked!

[@jameshiggins1505]

Are we still paying these people???

[@dondoodat]

Wasn't it woke to give women the vote ? Let alone allow one to become an MP and then PM. And there she is lecturing men !

[@michaeladkins6]

Yet those same people and possibly you, bow to the memory of Margaret Thatcher.

[@dondoodat]

@@michaeladkins6 What ? I detested Thatcher.

[@gourkernow5694]

Blame blame blame, that's the rights pitch. It's pathetic.

[@mikebrooke9954]

The whole economy went POP in 49 days the last time Liz Truss was inflicted on us. Tell her to go away and then select anyone from my street for a safer future. Do the Tories not see how damaging she was before.

[@user-dq5os4mq2v]

The Conservative idea is dead yesterday's politics does not work anymore. There's moral and imoral they are the latter.

[@johnnywhite58]

Which leads to a facilitated democracy and eventually authoritanariasm

[@vinylrulesok8470]

Truss couldn't lead a dog up. How she has the brass neck to show her face in public is beyond me

[@blazzz13]

If you don't have checks and balances of executive power, may as well go back to Victorian times.

[@kayedal-haddad]

They should their name to PopCorn instead!

[@punditgi]

Excellent video 😊

[@peterjaycocks114]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't these sad Pop Con members all well known for being "Has-Beens"?

[@Sat-Man-Alpha]

Are the Brit’s now completely gone insane? The longer the UK remains outside the EU the more and faster it becomes poorer and soon become the "sick man" of Europe.😢

[@vincentstephenson2397]

yes. pretty much

[@davidroberts3280]

Completely agree with you, it's very sad

[@Alone47]

“become”?

[@theman2017inc]

It’s the 1970’s again but for completely different reasons and the UK is not only the sickman of Europe, it is the laughing stock of Europe and international politics.

[@alexcrow2905]

This is the only time I've actually been forced to agree with Farage, hilarious!

[@annishilcock4587]

If Sunak is working tirelessly to achieve some form of succes it is rather an indication of his abilities that so far he hasn't been able to achieve any.

[@andymiles6311]

She couldn't post a letter in a postbox.ffs😂😂😂

[@Mike20216]

If These Headbangers are the future of the Conservatives, then this country is done, because lets face it, without PR , the Tories will be back after the next election.

[@jamesgriffithsmusic]

Mark Littlewood, a life-long Dr Who fan. You'd think he'd have more sense.

[@trevaudio]

Flopcon !

[@earth6161]

The worst festival ever 😂😂😂 liz u are upgraded to cabbage 😂😂 🤢

[@paulhumphreys2902]

I wish the left were as sneaky and underhanded as the right say they qre

[@user-ol3xe5fz4u]

priti patel too....

[@simonbrook3076]

Party politics creates the insane situation where one side will rename something popular with the public just so that they can take the credit (e.g.Sure Start being reformed [badly] as "Family Hubs"). We have to ask "how does this help everyone?" - and then question the very system itself.

[@jackdubz4247]

Liz Truss's revolution? To quote Dave Gahan of the band Depeche Mode: Where's the revolution?

[@1pauljs]

JRM in full obfuscation mode

[@susanbaker7282]

Please can you do an explanation of Freeport's SEZS How they work How much we the taxpayer is spending setting them up How much will the taxpayer earn in return

[@rafaelmartinvannostrand2084]

PopcoRn is what you need to keep up with the tories these days. Great entertainment though, haven't seen better since the firsts seasons of Game Of Thrones

[@brianoriordan7281]

Popcorn on steroids

[@wilsel1394]

Has JRM ever not spoken down to anybody ever?

[@jimmycburfield5997]

That whole ‘Pop Con’ stunt was hilarious 😂! Some people even actually thought Truss was serious. Can you believe that. It’s wonderful to see that knowing sense of self-deprecating comedy. Seriously this kind of satire/parody really makes me smile. To think some people said Truss was a political opportunist and fraud; morally and intellectually bankrupt and an appalling human being with no self awareness or sense of dignity. Well Truss certainly has shown them with her master class in absurdist comedy. Truss really put a smile on my face. Thanks for all the laughs. Wonderful stuff. Steve Coghan is bringing back Partridge. He has a tough act to follow. I hope Truss will be on Comic relief

[@ramblerandy2397]

The Jon Sopel Memorial Chair. 😂 And he's in Aus, soaking up the Sun.

[@keithrandell2433]

The Jon Sopel memorial chair😂😂😂

[@niahays1042]

Lewis. I can only assume that you can't or won't use the term 'bad actors'. We all understand that their want for power has nothing to do for what's best for the people of this country.

[@finianlacy8827]

WefAssembly..looking forward to the who arrival in April..right?

[@lornalow7479]

More like popcorn 😅

[@leonardjohnny67]

Emily is amazing and would get it.

[@TheBeano700]

Deluded the lot of em

[@yetidodger6650]

Desperately attempting to stay relevant until their inevitable demise.

[@i-am-vonnegut]

It's all called scientology for politicians!

[@mikebrooke9954]

How are they getting along with the REF-UK the UK party

[@owencrompton3713]

HE SAYS IT TAKES TIME YES 14 YEARS AT LEAST WITH THE TORYS AND THEY STILL WANT LONGER

[@supernoodles91]

'The exchange of intellectual ideas'.....Was Emily Maitliss having a sly dig there?😂

[@Deepthought-42]

In politics, stupidity is an advantage - Napoleon

[@vaughancapstick9961]

Pop Corn 🍿

[@lobintool]

She must have shares in a company that sells popcorn!

[@cobbler40]

POPCORN what you consume watching the nutters !

[@TheRepeatersBandUK]

Only question is, how does this help ANYONE?

[@presidentwoodrow]

splitters

[@tweakerman]

More like pop corn & watching a horror show😁

[@palmeraj70]

It's the same thing with the Tories, time after time, after time. Domestic and international organisations, holding them back from doing all they can for "the little people". Yes, most of the organisations of the size they mention, have become unwieldy and involved in their own internal politics. However, the reason for those organisations being in existence is to try to keep the checks and balances on individual countries and to afford protection to their citizens. Charles Walker spoke well, but even he was disingenuous. Sunak might be working hard, but it's clear, as it is with all of the Tory actions, they're working for their own interests and wealth. When was the last time that ANYTHING in the UK designed to support society actually improved? When was the last time the gap between rich and poor decreased, instead of increasing? My concern is that too many people just hear the soundbites and read headlines or the Daily Mail comments section. Lower and middle income people will vote Tory at the next election, without a doubt. Exactly like turkeys voting for Christmas. The question is, just how many will vote for them? Who really knows what Labour will do 🤷‍♂ but surely there's enough evidence out the of what the Tories have done, and the extreme path they're willing to travel.

[@saragonmcenany6229]

Turning Point USA and Heritage Foundation template all over this. How can this guest MP still defend Sunak who leaning into these pronouncements

[@mikebeevers2416]

Why didn't he know of Nicky Gumble beforehand. Says a lot.

[@jonathandnicholson]

“… even taking the Department of Justice under the wing of the executive, giving the executive more power …” Emily, the Department of Justice is already in the Executive branch of the Government of the United States.

[@gailhill5734]

Long live pratcon i say

[@kimhawkins1181]

I wonder if Lizzy will lose her seat?

[@markfawbert2991]

It's refreshing to see Emily express the views she always had but couldn't hide when employed as a professional journalist.

[@HappyCodingZX]

A flop + A con = Flopcon!

[@davidcoleman757]

PopCorn, shurely? [Ed.]

[@arminius1972]

Letting Liz Truss spearhead a movement to rescue the Conservative party is like asking an arsonist to put out the fire !!!

[@adamg2204]

I like the Nicky Gumbel analogy