Nothing new in Truss’s tired old ideology plus the puzzle of pensions | UK News
It’s been two days since former Prime Minister of 7 weeks Liz Truss launched her new political movement Popular Conservatism.
The launch, attended by Ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage and former Brexit minister Jacob Rees-Mogg lambasted a number of issues including ‘wokeism’ and ‘left-wing extremists’, and called for lower taxes, net-zero rollbacks and a tougher stance on immigration in hopes to galvanise Britain’s secret Conservatives.
Though, not a direct challenge to Rishi Sunak’s leadership, but a new campaign of its own, PopCon stands up for conservative values where they say successive Tory governments have faltered. So, with such anti-establishment ideas, why have readers been left wondering why they’ve heard them all before?
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These talking points aren’t as unique as she thinks…
Liz Truss launches the ‘new’ PopCon movement by… rehashing the same tired, failed right-wing talking points of the past 50 years (Metro, Wed).
Deny the science of climate change, deny the science of gender dysphoria, cut taxes (inevitably for the rich and based on long-debunked trickle-down economics) to starve the remaining public services so they fail and can be sold off to Tory chums, and call anyone who doesn’t agree ‘woke extremists’ and blame them for the failures of the past 14 years of Tory government.
I’m no fan of Labour either but another five years of the Tories would be disastrous, UK desperately needs a form of proportional representation. Lewis, via email
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PopCon not so popular
What a classic depiction of ‘manspreading’ in your photo accompanying the PopCon launch [see above]. Two demurely seated women hemmed in between three oblivious men. G Martin (Male), South Gloucestershire
Liz Truss and her cronies crashed the economy, leaving thousands of people in dire straits.
The Tories have crashed the economy twice more since 2010. The economy was growing in 2010 when they took over and austerity destroyed that growth. Then they delivered a form of Brexit which has seen the pound never recover. And yet people still think the Tories are ‘good with money’. Whatever Labour do if they get in cannot possibly be as bad as the last 14 years! John Lewis, Coulsdon
Only the poor will work themselves to death
Steve (MetroTalk, Wed) hit the nail on the head when he asked if we, the working class, were expected to literally work till we drop dead.
I think this has always been the government’s long-term plan. Increasing the retirement age to 71 is only the start of it. Of course, like most things in this country, it won’t affect the wealthy. Tina, Manchester
Proposing to increase the state retirement age to 71 is an absolute disgrace. Britain is a supposedly wealthy, caring nation. If our leaders spent our money a little more responsibly they would not need to consider this ridiculous proposal.
While I am not ageist in any way, we need to ask ourselves at what point does it become wholly impractical to force people to continue working?
Also, if people work well into what is effectively old age at what point is space made workplace for new people with energy and drive?
Moving on and having ‘new blood’ in a workplace increases energy and drives innovation and the implementation of new ideas. Without it we will stagnate. Marc Pither, Halifax
Have we brought this upon ourselves by living longer?
When the state pension was introduced, few people lived beyond 65.
Nowadays lots of people live into their 80s and 90s, hence the state pension age being raised. Incidentally, I worked part-time into my 70s. Roger Smith, Witham
So Mike (MetroTalk, Wed), doesn’t like the Labour left. I should remind him it was the Labour left that gave him everything he takes for granted, ie, our NHS, paid holidays, sick pay, weekends… Brenda Dean, Skelmerdale
Joyce (MetroTalk, Wed) talks about ‘black men dying in police custody’. According to the Independent Office For Police Conduct, there were 23 deaths in or following police custody for 2022/23, of which two were black. Dan, Middlesex
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