George Monbiot: New U.K. PM Liz Truss Has "Extreme Neoliberal" Anti-Labor, Anti-Environment Record

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The United Kingdom's Conservative Party has voted for Liz Truss to become its new leader, replacing Boris Johnson and making her Britain's next prime minister. Truss served as foreign secretary under Johnson and has a record of "extreme neoliberal policies," says British journalist George Monbiot. These include supporting tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulating the fossil fuel industry and refusing to regulate agricultural pollution. Monbiot also warns Truss will undermine the country's model public health system and labor rights for organizing workers.
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@edmundkempersdartboard173
@edmundkempersdartboard173 Рік тому
I wish I got a round of applause every time I said I was going to do something that I never actually end up doing.
@toddleroux4745
@toddleroux4745 Рік тому
Only 4 "Thumbs up" (09/07/22)? Worthy of ... many more than 4.
@peterholy953
@peterholy953 Рік тому
Become a politician and your dreams will come true.
@paulheydarian1281
@paulheydarian1281 Рік тому
It's quite simple; Sell your Soul if you have one.
@edmundkempersdartboard173
@edmundkempersdartboard173 Рік тому
@@paulheydarian1281 traded it for a dime bag in middle school.
@alwayslearning7672
@alwayslearning7672 Рік тому
Basically every politician out there.
@Charlie-ju7gf
@Charlie-ju7gf Рік тому
I'm from the UK. The fact that nobody I know mentioned her becoming PM shows where we are as a society. It's just another bad event in a long line of bad events.
@scythe7555
@scythe7555 Рік тому
what
@markfranklin5300
@markfranklin5300 Рік тому
Yes I can believe that, extreme apathy coupled with an wholly undemocratic system of attaining power does a hell of alot of damage Charlie.
@peterholy953
@peterholy953 Рік тому
Well, look at the bright side. At least, you still have your queen and her son Andrew and many well known aristocrats who own your country.
@ms9771
@ms9771 Рік тому
British invited, their own TRUMP only she is a woman
@leighparr7961
@leighparr7961 Рік тому
@@peterholy953 Nope lol
@pipster1891
@pipster1891 Рік тому
Monbiot forgot to say: 1) that the Conservative Party membership is overwhelmingly OLD, 2) Liz Truss (ex-Environment Minister, now PM) used to work for Shell, and 3) the UK media doesn't have to be owned by billionaires to toe the Establishment line, as Monbiot's own newspaper The Guardian shows.
@attheprecipice1090
@attheprecipice1090 Рік тому
Monbiot is also a globalist neo-liberal puppet who believes that eating meat & dairy products is a luxury. He can shove his WEF agenda 2030 up his vegan arse.
@joncumberbatch852
@joncumberbatch852 Рік тому
Once The Guardian stood to one side over Assange they were finiished in my book, I now read the Morning Star
@dglenday8705
@dglenday8705 Рік тому
@@joncumberbatch852 Exactly. The Guardian has become a wretched gaslighting organ. And watching the royal funeral earlier this week revealed the elephant in the room. Namely the military caste, as the event let them come out at the highest level. Democracy was barely represented apart from a few PM's past and present. And I often wonder how influential our parliament actually is, as most policy decisions of the past 40 years seem to come from Think Tanks. It's a sad state of affairs.
@farinshore8900
@farinshore8900 Рік тому
I felt relief with the resignation of Boris. Now the sense of threat seems greater.
@SevenEllen
@SevenEllen Рік тому
Absolutely. As much as I hated Boris Johnson and everything he did, Truss is even worse. She's a hybrid of Johnson and Thatcher, and 100% the worst thing we could have gotten in these terrible times.
@darkhorse21xx
@darkhorse21xx Рік тому
George Monbiot starts out by describing Liz as a Psychopath. I am not going to argue with George's description.
@davidbond5448
@davidbond5448 Рік тому
Guy needs to get a grip
@jamesgravil9162
@jamesgravil9162 Рік тому
She's too boring to be a psychopath.
@silversurfer7341
@silversurfer7341 Рік тому
darkhorse21xx It's pretty much prevalent, across the entire conservative party.
@Rebelconformist82
@Rebelconformist82 Рік тому
@@silversurfer7341 yes
@janewright2800
@janewright2800 Рік тому
@Ben Avery it's a mystery to me!!!
@dubinatub1
@dubinatub1 Рік тому
I know this new prime minister will be a disaster for the UK.
@johnwebber750
@johnwebber750 Рік тому
And the world! Courtesy of UK citizens...
@peterholy953
@peterholy953 Рік тому
You never know.
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers Рік тому
She's a Hayek groupie and used to work for Shell.
@rebeccamartin2399
@rebeccamartin2399 Рік тому
@@fuckbankers Great.
@EM-lz9kg
@EM-lz9kg Рік тому
Tell us about it !!!
@OneBlurryLens
@OneBlurryLens Рік тому
Rich people doing rich people things to poor people. Is anyone out there still shocked by this? Lol
@oneoflokis
@oneoflokis Рік тому
I am. I'm shocked at how far people have let it go.
@stephenphillips6245
@stephenphillips6245 Рік тому
Even, several, Latin countries have brought in substantial subsidies to stamp down the effects of high gas/oil prices ( although it took protests to get that help).
@angelozachos8777
@angelozachos8777 Рік тому
And viewers of DEMOCRACY NOW kept total silence during the largest WEALTH TRANSFER scheme called the KOVID PLANN -DEMIC . So ? 🤷‍♂️
@monipenny408
@monipenny408 Рік тому
Ahh. the wonders of democracy, it does make us "feel" good...even though it changes nothing. The wealthy elite will continue to screw us as they have always done.
@craphead9842
@craphead9842 Рік тому
The French had the best idea but even they let the rich and powerful back in... The poor never learn do they.... Tony cuenca
@orchidhouse297
@orchidhouse297 Рік тому
Ideology takes precedence over climate, health, education, services, - everything the ordinary working family needs. She is going to be a disaster for the wellbeing of our country.
@jcoker423
@jcoker423 Рік тому
Ideology like Socialism, like face-mask or vaccine mandates, like a green agenda with no idea how much it will cost the plebs (while celebs still fly on private planes). Pragmatism, not ideology thanks.
@hellzbellzzbel8439
@hellzbellzzbel8439 Рік тому
They don't work for the Ordinary folk ❤
@alana8863
@alana8863 Рік тому
Spot on.
@boutchie06
@boutchie06 Рік тому
Feminists keep saying more women in power! The ruling class is using women to carry out their evil deeds.
@jcoker423
@jcoker423 Рік тому
@@boutchie06 does that include trans?
@hoebeng1
@hoebeng1 Рік тому
Western Democracy at its finest...a PM voted in by 1% of the eligible voters.
@oml81mm
@oml81mm Рік тому
57% actually (of a 82.6% turnout).
@ilikevines
@ilikevines Рік тому
It’s always the party that elects their leader? Only party members can vote for primary candidates in USA too
@nickross4307
@nickross4307 Рік тому
0.3 % OF THE VOTERS OF THE uk TO BE EXACT
@markoconnell2458
@markoconnell2458 Рік тому
@@oml81mm Conservative party members % 0.1 of the Electorate
@markoconnell2458
@markoconnell2458 Рік тому
It's actually less more like%0.1
@Typhoonbladefist
@Typhoonbladefist Рік тому
Meet the new boss same as the old boss.
@wendygerrish4964
@wendygerrish4964 Рік тому
Worse
@Typhoonbladefist
@Typhoonbladefist Рік тому
@@wendygerrish4964 hey, I enjoyed watching Boris’s hair. It inspired me to buzz cut mine 😂
@kpax45
@kpax45 Рік тому
Or even worse
@xanatax1844
@xanatax1844 Рік тому
Yeah, I had a feeling a Liz Truss gov’t would be horrid … but I didn’t realize how fast the bad news was going to start. 😭
@suzannfulbright5652
@suzannfulbright5652 Рік тому
I was not aware there was such a longing for the Victorian workhouses in Britain.
@M_Bamboozled
@M_Bamboozled Рік тому
Poise, good sense, facts and excellent delivery from George as usual. Given everything, I'm amazed at how calm and professional he is.
@TheWayOfRespectAndKindness
@TheWayOfRespectAndKindness Рік тому
This is a “dark ages” turning point. We have a choice to make; do we come together for the sake of humanity or fall apart and cause our own extinction?
@johnwebber750
@johnwebber750 Рік тому
And the real question is, if current democratic choices are not working as advertised, what other choices do people have? Maybe in the end voting persons is not the answer any longer. Some mix of meritocracy where people vote to evaluate policies instead of peoples. Policies and actions are what matters, individuals are just tools. The tough reality is that that is what China almost is, by way of massive polls over what is happening. Official ones, by the government, not by private news agencies which have their own capitalist agendas. Working well for them. Of course against pure imperialist, capitalist motives, which is why it is so vilified in the western elite driven 'democracies'.
@michaeldy3157
@michaeldy3157 Рік тому
Like having open borders in the u.s ? Total suicide economically. And i am a liberal saying that
@bengardener8928
@bengardener8928 Рік тому
Why would it cause an extinction? Those who actually create real value will always be able to trade with others who also create value, not taking what they earn to give away to those who don't create wealth is hardly going to have any negative impact.
@spikeus3039
@spikeus3039 Рік тому
Or do we continue to fall apart and cause our own extinction with mindless Green policies
@georgekelmeris9804
@georgekelmeris9804 Рік тому
I'd say Get up, Stand up for your rights, REVOLT !!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸REVOLT !!!
@26beegee
@26beegee Рік тому
The Conservatives in British government not being representative of the political makeup of the people sounds like the U.S., too bad for us all.
@MrBadjohn69
@MrBadjohn69 Рік тому
The British people should be more concerned with not having any fuel in the winter.
@johnmcafee9663
@johnmcafee9663 Рік тому
@@MrBadjohn69 i think the Europeans should be more concerned
@johnmcafee9663
@johnmcafee9663 Рік тому
@@MrBadjohn69 british and Norwegians will be alright
@jaybee4288
@jaybee4288 Рік тому
As a Brit I feel we’re heading for riots and mass strikes. Rich v poor civil war.
@MrBadjohn69
@MrBadjohn69 Рік тому
@@johnmcafee9663 As if Europe has it together. That clown show called the EU is a joke at best. A bad joke.
@veganworldforlife334
@veganworldforlife334 Рік тому
Well done George for going vegan after witnessing such gross corruption and negligence by the dairy farm and Truss.
@JLSMaytham
@JLSMaytham Рік тому
George! You should know that Members of the Tory Party who chose the next Prime Minister don't even have to live in the UK, pay taxes here or even be a voter here. Think about that.
@martinwarner1178
@martinwarner1178 Рік тому
Made a great point there Sir. Maybe that is why ID is kept secret. Peace be unto you.
@silverdamsen2680
@silverdamsen2680 Рік тому
The horror of having it confirmed that Liz Truss is one of the few people that will be worse than Boris Johnson.
@j01150126
@j01150126 Рік тому
Understand the endgame is ultimately the elite survive with menial labor being done by AI technology. They have no need to support poor or middle class labor. However they underestimate the level of intelligence and revenge the middle and poor classes have. The civilization as we know it will end.
@jamesmurphy9426
@jamesmurphy9426 Рік тому
That's the plan make sure escape goats are available to blame
@klam77
@klam77 Рік тому
TAX CUTS!!!!! Hooray!
@mikecee7064
@mikecee7064 Рік тому
There goes the NHS
@reforest4fertility
@reforest4fertility Рік тому
@@klam77 Cut taxes for the poor & make the rich pay thru audit -- that's a progressive tax structure, as Democracies too often pretend to have.
@asmodeusasmodeus7591
@asmodeusasmodeus7591 Рік тому
Anyone else notice the political parallels between the UK and US?
@landsea7332
@landsea7332 Рік тому
Yes, Reagan and Thatcher's NeoLiberalism has lead to stagnant median incomes and massive wealth inequality . The two countries now have the lowest level of intergenerational economic mobility in the Western World . Voters in both countries have reacted by voting in favour of isolationism ( Brexit and Trump ). .
@dglenday8705
@dglenday8705 Рік тому
@@landsea7332 Yes. The rot set in when Thatcher and Reagan got in. Here in the UK our governments policies aren't even determined by parliament, but by a host of right-wing Think Tanks who can manipulate public opinion via a compliant mainstream media which has *always* been right-leaning. We have to ask the question, are we living in a democracy anymore, or in a stage-managed circus?
@Hirnlego999
@Hirnlego999 Рік тому
@@landsea7332 Although Trump of course is fake, he's an international businessman and just pretends to be a nationalist. He simply doesn't care in his personal life, but it leads to support for him.
@franceleeparis37
@franceleeparis37 Рік тому
Nope, no comparison… Bozo Boris was the kid fiddling Joe Biden.. Tizzy Lizzy is just a checkout girl who cannot believe her luck at getting the MD job.😂😂
@francesbrown5116
@francesbrown5116 Рік тому
Just think wasnt Boris born in New York he could be President lol
@borountree4539
@borountree4539 Рік тому
I'm always shocked when someone has made it to the level of a major world leader but demonstrates such atrocious skills in public speaking. To top off a horribly stiff and robotic speech she couldn't even pause to wait for the audience's reaction before she thanked them for it. Demonstrates how little she values others opinions.
@V4zz33
@V4zz33 Рік тому
Not everyone can be as well spoken and mannered as Putin.
@enrobsorussell
@enrobsorussell Рік тому
I presume you meant `world leader`? So you think Truss is a world leader....tubbs Johnson also? You are in the wrong century. Putin, Xi Ping, Modhi etc are world leaders....I don`t count Biden as he cannot get up the steps to the plane without ending up on his lips. As regards Truss...lets wait & see. The worrying part is Truss still backing the would-be Rambo idiot dwarf Zelensky...that tells me she is just like Johnson, a USA puppet.
@leighparr7961
@leighparr7961 Рік тому
@@V4zz33 True.
@floridaray3380
@floridaray3380 Рік тому
So true, just look at Karine Jean-Pierre. Absolutely no qualification other then her race and sexual preference. Speaking was obviously not part of the requirements.
@MT-js3nk
@MT-js3nk Рік тому
Is she traind by Klaus Schwab's YGL?
@BC-du5hm
@BC-du5hm Рік тому
She is a political shape shifter. Flips on her policy as needed. In other words, she lacks credibility. Just like her buddy Boris who was outed. She defeated the Man who led the camp that was opposed to Boris Johnson. In many respects she is an extension of Boris!
@tonylupone1157
@tonylupone1157 Рік тому
Blame the Murdoch press. Since the 80s when Murdoch broke the UNION"S
@Orson2u
@Orson2u Рік тому
Hmmm. MuRdoch? Not that ‘T’ woman in politics? Huh?
@benstevinson764
@benstevinson764 Рік тому
Yes The MURDOCH MAFIA!!!
@richardcalhoun5163
@richardcalhoun5163 Рік тому
Liz is a perfect politician, she wears two-faces.
@brendansparks1511
@brendansparks1511 Рік тому
She has far more than two, each as equally horrible.
@peterholy953
@peterholy953 Рік тому
I see only one extremely dull face.
@paulheydarian1281
@paulheydarian1281 Рік тому
Just two faces?
@alfching2499
@alfching2499 Рік тому
Worrying is all I can add to this.
@ysamawee
@ysamawee Рік тому
Politicians are politicians. They are pretty much the same in all countries around the globe nowadays.
@markonefly
@markonefly Рік тому
Thanks again Democracy TV and all those wonderful people God bless you all,
@janewright2800
@janewright2800 Рік тому
Thankyou George for speaking the truth for us!
@MrTwenty20video
@MrTwenty20video Рік тому
I live in the US (The Ununited States of America). I could tell she was using the same playbook I hear here. A conservative robot for ghouls.
@robynwatt4291
@robynwatt4291 Рік тому
She stole it from NZ's Jacinda Ardern.... Hook line and sinker... So fake sounding...
@jamesbyrne9312
@jamesbyrne9312 Рік тому
The fascist feminist type
@ScepticalSkeptic
@ScepticalSkeptic Рік тому
R.I.P. British civilization (1066 - 2022).
@FathersOfTFW
@FathersOfTFW Рік тому
1707 - 2022 actually LoL
@queenanneboleyn6848
@queenanneboleyn6848 Рік тому
This aged like fine milk
@cvc9220
@cvc9220 Рік тому
@@FathersOfTFW Glad you educated crimia river lol
@alexispashinyan9615
@alexispashinyan9615 Рік тому
she changes her mind every two words she says as she cannot concretize anything intelligent of her own and lies or plainly ignores her way out of every question asked to her. I cannot imagine Scotland wanting to stay in the union for much more time now.
@atverde
@atverde Рік тому
George's summary of the new PM is spot on. She is simply awful.
@pabo-qv3nx
@pabo-qv3nx Рік тому
Just like the rest of the CORRUPT PLOT TICIANS in parliament.
@jcoker423
@jcoker423 Рік тому
Fills you full of awe ?
@apemoon1731
@apemoon1731 Рік тому
How do you know? She's only had the job a few days.
@suzannfulbright5652
@suzannfulbright5652 Рік тому
So why does politics only produce women who are fascist Nazis?
@rosswebb9295
@rosswebb9295 Рік тому
George is a devout leftee. They hate Conservatives. Truss needs time then we can judge.
@jeromesims
@jeromesims Рік тому
There's a third option; people power. But for the most part people here in the UK still want do "the same thing over and over again expecting a different result". So they think that throwing out the Tories and replacing them with a neoliberal Labour again will somehow be an improvement. The insanity of it is that the last time Labour were in power they waged an illegal war along with the US, bailed out the ultra-rich and waived monopoly laws to allow already massive banks to merge and swallow up smaller ones. At least this time they are clear about not hoping for real change so much as sticking it to the Tories even if it means sticking it to themselves again. At this point no one can say what it will take to wake the British up, especially the English, to the reality that only radical reform demanded by an anti-elitist grassroots and people power is the solution.
@paranoidballoon8190
@paranoidballoon8190 Рік тому
" Please, Sir I won't some more"
@tommackling
@tommackling Рік тому
Well said. 👍 I think the government is failing to do what we need it to be doing. And since the majority of people, the common people, seem to be unable to motivate and control our governments (as it seems our governments are actually in the service of an oligarchic ownership class), then perhaps we need to figure out how we can manage to get what needs doing done without the cooperation of the government. That is, because our current "administration" seems to be hostile, it seems we either need to be able to change the nature of our administrators (in a profoundly effective, one might even say, revolutionary, way), or, and until such might prove possible, set up alternative organizational structures capable of addressing the public needs. Cheers, Blessings and All the best
@stephenroche5107
@stephenroche5107 Рік тому
There are swathes of thick aspects of the working class who have been and are predators to themselves.
@tommackling
@tommackling Рік тому
@@stephenroche5107 Well that's true, but of course we've been pretty much forced into embracing our current "get ahead by ripping others off" / "exploit and be exploited" social system (and it's next to impossible within our current social model to prosper, without being either willing to be exploited or willing to exploit others). Cheers
@ennesshay5040
@ennesshay5040 Рік тому
...WON'T sum more ? Actually how the peasants have been indoctrinated to '''''think.'''''
@cpstr828
@cpstr828 Рік тому
Monbiot is wrong about Starmer simply wanting to appeal to the corporate media.. Starmer is profoundly pro-establishment, a centrist by conviction!
@kildogery
@kildogery Рік тому
He's a Tory in everything but tie colour.
@brachiator1
@brachiator1 Рік тому
Right now Starmer is the best hope for the UK.
@jaybee4288
@jaybee4288 Рік тому
@brachiator1 no the best hope for the U.K. is Angela or Lisa unseating Starmer prior to the election without causing a huge rift in the party. The fact he ran in what was being billed as an all female field when all the other men decided to let there be a first female Labour leader or that he won’t back striking workers or that he goes to queens jubilees and shares jokes and caviar with Boris tells you all you need to know. Tory in red.
@kildogery
@kildogery Рік тому
@@jaybee4288 oh, Christ. Pay attention. Wes Streeting is the heir apparent. He's coming for the NHS.
@Talentedtadpole
@Talentedtadpole Рік тому
@@kildogery the word is no longer Tory.
@skarathanos
@skarathanos Рік тому
George Monbiot is so clear and said so much in this interview, it is excellent. I wish it would be aired on the BBC. But it won't.
@janewright2800
@janewright2800 Рік тому
Get Geoerge on question time. Mick Lynch was brilliant
@Rnankn
@Rnankn Рік тому
He’s an excellent communicator. And an informed commentator.
@mike02439
@mike02439 Рік тому
I am a Tory Party member . I am white , I am a man , I have worked all my life in production jobs often working on shifts . My present concern is the price of beer . Why is the workers beer taxed ?
@juicylucy5797
@juicylucy5797 Рік тому
Just when it seemed like Britain couldn't possibly get any worse. So much for King Arthur returning at England's darkest hour.
@saythankyou111
@saythankyou111 Рік тому
Ohhh that’s a nice thought….👀🇺🇸
@ninjawizard7021
@ninjawizard7021 Рік тому
U want to be a liberal go live in California it’s full of bums there
@tuckerbugeater
@tuckerbugeater Рік тому
@@saythankyou111 I'd rather the return of the William the Conqueror.
@gugy68
@gugy68 Рік тому
We need to get away from neo-liberals all over the world.
@voicecommunities4810
@voicecommunities4810 Рік тому
Country of origin and religion were ultimately significant in the selection of the new leader of the Tory party. Even though many will not blatantly admit it! Liz Morgana is now in charge and she will surely wave her magic wand! More money for arms and missiles for Ukraine, more money for the elite and big corporations, nothing to protect the environment, zero for renewable energy sources like solar etc and more scraps for the worse off! Need I go on?
@barquerojuancarlos7253
@barquerojuancarlos7253 Рік тому
We thought BoJo was bad?... Ooo ... we haven't seen anything yet. ... Without flinching, without a bit of emotion, Truss has even mentioned using nukes
@paulheydarian1281
@paulheydarian1281 Рік тому
Is she going to nuke Dublin, Ireland?
@davidbond5448
@davidbond5448 Рік тому
Good, that's what she supposed to say. Corbyn was asked when he was running and he said no, the press ripped him a new one. Why? Because it's a deterrent. It isn't a deterrent if everyone knows you won't use it.
@margaretwhelan3459
@margaretwhelan3459 Рік тому
Paul Heydarian, she might get nuked back, pronto.😂😂
@miakeogh6844
@miakeogh6844 Рік тому
Paul don’t think so they will probably try to starve the Irish as usual
@alfonsobaglioni1391
@alfonsobaglioni1391 Рік тому
Before she pushes the nuke button, I hope she will give every household the option to leave the country before we all disappear with it of the Atlantic' s face. But she is welcome to stay put.
@AGirlofYesterday
@AGirlofYesterday Рік тому
My sincere condolences to the UK.
@violettruthseekermrsirvine5473
@violettruthseekermrsirvine5473 Рік тому
SOS 🙃
@stringcus
@stringcus Рік тому
Watching Truss is like watching the Apprentice.
@mr.cosmos5199
@mr.cosmos5199 Рік тому
It’s written in her name, a pm to be given the “Least Trust “.
@bernardchan4090
@bernardchan4090 Рік тому
Hahahahahaha! This is the best you can get from a country like UK or the worst.
@SevenEllen
@SevenEllen Рік тому
@@bernardchan4090 Only thanks to Tory voters.
@cientifiko
@cientifiko Рік тому
"cut tax and grow economy" this means cut rich taxes and grow economy for them
@raymondnoel6053
@raymondnoel6053 Рік тому
Trickle down economics and let big fortunes to kill all the small enterprises
@stephenphillips6245
@stephenphillips6245 Рік тому
Thatcher version 2, no thanks.
@GuiR3X
@GuiR3X Рік тому
It also means they have no idea that economy is energy transformed, without energy, you can cut taxes as much as you want, you ll get no growth, which isn't wanted by the way if you want to tackle environnement issues.
@christianknuchel
@christianknuchel Рік тому
@@GuiR3X She is very much in favor of "solving" the energy situation, though. I reckon with lots of fossil fuel.
@QueenBee-mk8xm
@QueenBee-mk8xm Рік тому
She switches her view to whatever she thinks will keep her in government. Always has done. It´s worrying.
@thefastandthedead1769
@thefastandthedead1769 Рік тому
It is no wonder that Scotland keeps voting for a party of independence. With the SNP winning the last eleven elections straight and that using three different voting systems! Roll on indy!
@thefastandthedead1769
@thefastandthedead1769 Рік тому
@Dean Clark Based on what? They are following a gradualist route to independence. This is based on taking the international community with them. No country is independent unless recognised as such by the international community. Do you play chess?
@circa1890
@circa1890 Рік тому
We should be concerned that she used to work at Shell Oil and converted to conservative. Frankly, I would have preferred her father (maths prof, Labor and for nuclear disarmament) he refused to back her move into politics.. And she thinks that solar panels look "depressing" 🙄.
@IamGodSon
@IamGodSon Рік тому
Deeply concerned!
@peterholy953
@peterholy953 Рік тому
Her own father refused to back her political career???!?!? Is this official? What are your sources?
@circa1890
@circa1890 Рік тому
@@peterholy953 The Times UK (30 July 2012) and The Spectator 30 July 2012) When Truss stood for election to Parliament as a conservative, her father declined to back her in her campaign. This isn't surprising, though. She made a 180 degree turn in politics from her family when she went to work for Shell in 1996 (too many fumes, perhaps) but he (the father) is pretty progressive. Liz refers to him as "to the left of Labour". Not a good time for this planet to have her in that position..
@peterholy953
@peterholy953 Рік тому
@@circa1890 She reminds me of one character from "Derry girls" to whom sister Michael said; "You will go far in life but you won't be well liked".
@dotmac6480
@dotmac6480 Рік тому
Shes another wef stooge
@135789able
@135789able Рік тому
Great job of telling it like it is. Many thanks
@normanberg9940
@normanberg9940 Рік тому
Telling it like it is? Telling us how damaged the NHS is due to conservative under funding? Why doesn't he mention the elephant in that room? That the NHS is going under because of 100 000's of illegal immigrants that don't pay taxes and yet still exploit the service. Because he is your typical dishonest leftist, opinions over facts.
@andybray9791
@andybray9791 Рік тому
She’s enough to make thatcher look like a great person
@noodle845
@noodle845 Рік тому
George signed our book at Hay Fest after he did his talk. He is a lovely man and talks alot of sense. I wish he got more of a platform on mainstream TV and stuff
@mountainlinx
@mountainlinx Рік тому
I wonder how long it’ll take for people to be really fed up and take to the streets
@ihs51
@ihs51 Рік тому
When winter set in
@mountainlinx
@mountainlinx Рік тому
Moral and nuclear winter
@annesaunders3851
@annesaunders3851 Рік тому
Thanks George, as always, you've summed up the disaster in the UK perfectly. So many of us are feeling the pain and feeling helpless and severely let down by 'democracy'.
@bobbafett1849
@bobbafett1849 Рік тому
Nah, its called oligarchy. You dont really think that the common people's vote counts, do you?
@jamesdolan4042
@jamesdolan4042 Рік тому
Liz Truss is just a day or so into the job as British PM, she is already getting so much negative press and comments here. I wonder can she really be that bad.
@jjamnason2066
@jjamnason2066 Рік тому
This is the first time I have seen this commentator. I am highly impressed with his presentation!
@agnesagni
@agnesagni Рік тому
@@jjamnason2066he is worth exploring further. He is one of the most authentic human beings I have ever seen.
@ennesshay5040
@ennesshay5040 Рік тому
The 6 minute 41 sec video - 'Jonathan Pie: Welcome to Britain. Everything Is Terrible | NYT Opinion' - by The New York Times
@Stalwartandstaunch
@Stalwartandstaunch Рік тому
OMG! Truss as a leader is soooo bad!!! UK has lost its way with no leader 🤡🇬🇧😳😢
@angus143
@angus143 Рік тому
The UK is on the verge of being considered an "emerging market economy". Liz Truss will help the UK get there sooner.
@loutim5902
@loutim5902 Рік тому
😂😂😂😂😂
@kanedNunable
@kanedNunable Рік тому
dont talk shite.
@greymouser8659
@greymouser8659 Рік тому
When she loses her composure it's going to be spectacular
@elisabethrose110
@elisabethrose110 Рік тому
This will ONLY Stop when WE THE PEOPLE want it too. Until then, we are no better then the corrupt.
@alfonsobaglioni1391
@alfonsobaglioni1391 Рік тому
We better hurry up or we end all under a Davos bus, like western democracies have ended up before us.
@celtickshatriya4306
@celtickshatriya4306 Рік тому
Well said👍
@meghnathganguly9334
@meghnathganguly9334 Рік тому
Brilliant assessment of the Truss Govt. even before she starts working as PM. Two years will be too long for her to last.
@marcosmith2501
@marcosmith2501 Рік тому
UKainians are cranking up the Beatles' 'Dizzy Miss Lizzy'.
@colleen2671
@colleen2671 Рік тому
Miss Truss (T)
@SusannaSaunders
@SusannaSaunders Рік тому
She has a great track record already! Only been in office a few days and it's already a shitshow of gargantuan proportions of 150 Billion!
@garypriestley3886
@garypriestley3886 Рік тому
I saw a clip of people applauding when Liz Pus spoke about fracking, it's like turkeys applauding Xmas dinner, but I guarantee that every single one of them would oppose fracking near their homes, just like the lawyer in the US who was an advocate for fracking but when it was going to be done near his house and would ultimately affect the value, he sued to stop it! 😂💩
@wendygerrish4964
@wendygerrish4964 Рік тому
Liz Truss is a "delivery girl". Far right deliveries.
@FathersOfTFW
@FathersOfTFW Рік тому
Good :)
@paulheydarian1281
@paulheydarian1281 Рік тому
She should deliver herself out of a job and quit.
@AlexanderJoneshttps
@AlexanderJoneshttps Рік тому
Any conservative is a red flag
@FathersOfTFW
@FathersOfTFW Рік тому
@@AlexanderJoneshttps Its not conservatives or the working man or woman on the street that is dismantling our rich history, culture & traditions but brainwashed and idealogical demoralised people who belong in the last century who tend to be university educated people with globalist and elitist world-views especially the woke labour party who wont be forming a government anytime soon! Good-luck winning back red wall deserters.
@christinefury1040
@christinefury1040 Рік тому
“Conservative” has lost its meaning. For a long time it has meant social welfare tax breaks and loopholes for the corporations and individualism for the poor.
@tonylupone1157
@tonylupone1157 Рік тому
Absolute Truth. Stay safe
@bernardchan4090
@bernardchan4090 Рік тому
As always when elected promises lot of things, whether is attainable is one thing. Don't think she is up to it. Blowing hot air is her speciality.
@missk1697
@missk1697 Рік тому
Always had been
@SevenEllen
@SevenEllen Рік тому
Define 'To conserve': "protect (something, especially something of environmental or cultural importance) from harm or destruction." They didn't specify WHO they're preserving though, huh? Far too late, the voters learned it didn't mean them, it meant the Tory MPs and their rich friends all along. It took poverty to their own to work that out. Frickin' POVERTY. Not cuts to the NHS to the point they were waiting an hour for help, not just cuts to the bone, not doubled homelessness, not half to a third the staff at work, it took STARVING and FREEZING. It's such a hollow victory, it's not relief. We'll be lucky to EVER recover from combined effects of the past 12 years' crisis'.
@GaryWhite-jf7zr
@GaryWhite-jf7zr Рік тому
I think that George was right on the money. I'm watching this from England and I really do fear for the future.
@normanchristie4524
@normanchristie4524 Рік тому
These Conservative politicians have their 'strings' pulled by big business Murdoch et al.
@carolutley6523
@carolutley6523 Рік тому
Thanks Amy and Juan for providing a reliable news source 👍
@robertjames6640
@robertjames6640 Рік тому
There has never been a Tory who considers working folks as worthy of consideration. At least Truss does not have the supercilious and fake whine of Thatcher. But she has the same pro wealth, pro corporate mentality. No big reason for British people to celebrate as her promises are unlikely to mean much.
@jane9875
@jane9875 Рік тому
At least Thatcher had a brain
@ianbardon8581
@ianbardon8581 Рік тому
Nor has there been any Labour
@kazzie17
@kazzie17 Рік тому
Thatcher had the guts to follow her vision & she did make Britain better, liz trust is just another US puppet, we’re on on the decline!!
@peterholy953
@peterholy953 Рік тому
You say; "There has never been a Tory who considers working folks as worthy of consideration." Well, maybe it is because working folks are not worthy of consideration. Did you think about that? I know that asking this question is considered a blasphemy at DemocracyNow cult but hey, give it a try. Think blasphemous thoughts. I won't tell Amy. Promise.
@jamesgravil9162
@jamesgravil9162 Рік тому
@@peterholy953 "Well, maybe it is because working folks are not worthy of consideration. Did you think about that?" "Working folks" doesn't just mean factory workers, shelf stackers and binmen. It includes highly intelligent and educated people such as doctors, lawyers, teachers, programmers, even businessmen. Anyone whose primary income comes from doing a job (as opposed to property/stock ownership or capital) is technically a working person. That's most of the population. Are you saying that all these millions of people who are essential to a functioning society are unworthy of consideration? Some of these people, by the way, are likely smarter and earn more money than you do. With that attitude, I guess you must be a proud Republican. I'm going to leave you with a quote from that dreadful radical socialist, the Republican president Abraham Lincoln: *"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration."*
@reforest4fertility
@reforest4fertility Рік тому
When I first heard her name earlier today, I thought I was hearing Miss Trust -- whoa, maybe I've got intuition.
@everettscott4745
@everettscott4745 Рік тому
I haven't listened to George Monbiot before, but my goodness, which rock have I been hiding under, and not having heard him speak before? What an absolutely well informed, honest and intelligent journalist and author. I'll definitely be tuning in to more of what he says. What a great interview, Democracy Now. Thoroughly enjoyed this.
@crhu319
@crhu319 Рік тому
Please PLEASE for the rest of her life everyone who meets Liz Truss just ask "what did you SAY to her?!?"
@KerrieRedgate
@KerrieRedgate Рік тому
Excellent discussion. This was altogether the wrong choice for Britain’s leadership. I say that as an outsider, but it was blatantly clear from the outset - even I could see it. I doubt she’ll last a year.
@johnwebber750
@johnwebber750 Рік тому
The trouble with democracy is it reacts after the fact. A massive damage has to occur first by which time any changes are just pure cosmetics and already too late. Peoples inertia is what destroys them. And absolutely no repercussions for political leaders no matter how much society is damaged as they go from yatchs to yatchs.
@Al3xki
@Al3xki Рік тому
The question is, "Who was the right choice from the available choices?"
@KerrieRedgate
@KerrieRedgate Рік тому
@@Al3xki Despite the politics, the UK actually has a bit of bad karma with India. Right now (until March next year, mostly), a lot of karma is ripening on the planet everywhere. Some countries are doing well, others not so much. (Putin will go down.) A devout Indian Hindu is exactly what the UK needs right now to resolve its past. I fear the choice that was made will lead to a revolution in the streets in times ahead. But I sense she won’t last long. We may yet see an Indian Hindu leading the country. All things eventually balance.
@moneytooeasy2797
@moneytooeasy2797 Рік тому
What the hell are u on about our colonial past with India for? It’s history at least we gave them advanced tech and banned the burning to death of Hindu widows upon their husband’s funeral pyre. India and the third world has colonised the West permanently and need to make up for their Imperial present
@62426637
@62426637 Рік тому
I tend to agree --she has trouble handling tough questions --she is unlike the confident and competent elites I am used to seeing in Britain. She is also a "child of Reagan and Thatcher", i.e. very ideological All I can say that she could get lucky if the economy exceeds expectations, which are pretty low.
@VernonNickersonSCHOOLCOACH
@VernonNickersonSCHOOLCOACH Рік тому
So, I hear George Monbiot and I wonder what is the sickness in the UK system(s?) that elected Mary Elizabeth Truss. She sounds like a skinnier version of Margaret Thatcher. Her election seems to be the core problem. Understanding how to elect Prime Ministers who are going to act in the best interest of all Britons clearly needs to be the focus of everyone's energy. Even Mr. Monbiot acknowledges a major change in his lifestyle to accomodate Ms. Truss' policies. This all seems insane. IJS
@dodododatdatdat
@dodododatdatdat Рік тому
well, Im not from the UK but consume some UK media. The problem is, the Britisch didnt elect anyone, at least not the populace. She was elected internally, by the Tories.
@pipster1891
@pipster1891 Рік тому
You're not going to fundamentally change anything by voting in the system we have. Especially now if the only alternative is Surkeir Starmer.
@franceleeparis37
@franceleeparis37 Рік тому
A skinner version of Margaret Thatcher..? You gotta be joking… she is a watered down version of Joe Biden, the kid fiddler…tell me exactly what ‘radical’ changes she made while she was an MP, FM..? Margaret changed the face of British industry and brought about global change in the technology world.. Margaret Thatcher had a vision… Tizzy Lizzy has a verruca..😏
@dorethgordon3155
@dorethgordon3155 Рік тому
​@@pipster1891 And its a worldwide problem.
@pragasanarchary2980
@pragasanarchary2980 Рік тому
Omg ,imagine lizzy having once called for the end of the monarchy now being sworn in as pm ,wonder if this will affect queen Eliza.
@franceleeparis37
@franceleeparis37 Рік тому
Yep, when her majesty realised who would be leading the country, she lost the will to live..
@itinerant1000
@itinerant1000 Рік тому
Queen had to touch two rabid Tories in a day finished her off
@mgronich948
@mgronich948 Рік тому
George Monbiot paints a picture in the UK that is both sad and very dark. Unfortunately the situation is very similar in the US. This is why Trump got so many votes in 2016 and 2020 even though he lost. And also why Biden was able to get 300M in campaign donations in 1 month, (sept) before the elections. It questions whether we really have a democracy.
@dalegillman5287
@dalegillman5287 Рік тому
On a number of occasions Democracy Now! Has demonstrated and perfectly encapsulated the entirety of Sociology. This interview is an example of that.
@peterholy953
@peterholy953 Рік тому
Did you mean Scientology? I hear you. I have the same impression. DemocracyNow functions like a cult that would never allow anyone to say on their podcast; "People always get what they deserve. They deserve Liz Truss, they deserve her majesty the queen and her son Andrew, and they deserve two utterly corrupted parties to chose from." Their heads would explode. Their whole dogma would collapse.
@miltontan65
@miltontan65 Рік тому
Politicians' promises are like hot air. Don't believe them.🙄
@paulheydarian1281
@paulheydarian1281 Рік тому
Change 'Hot Air' into 'Mouth Farts.'
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers Рік тому
Truss worked for Shell in the past and Shell was one of her funders.
@audreymott5879
@audreymott5879 Рік тому
Thank you George Monbiot for this interview. I entirely agree with everything you say.. The rise of fascism once more Is so frightening.
@Uduwerage
@Uduwerage Рік тому
Who is Liz Truss? The new PM of the UK will be anything that is required to keep her Far Right support. The Conservative Party has appointed someone who will, thankfully, lead to the total destruction of of the party, and, unfortunately, the economic & social structure of the country. I thankfully live in Scotland, where we have a socially progressive government. Liz Truss, as PM of the UK, will further aid in the breakup of the Union even faster than the process would have been.
@sloanekuria3249
@sloanekuria3249 Рік тому
Wow, what an interview. Thank you Democracy Now!!
@sinnieleeonUtube
@sinnieleeonUtube Рік тому
She can be any spokesperson you want her to be IF the price is right.
@tomdonahoe3539
@tomdonahoe3539 Рік тому
"He's not seeing the bigger picture." That may well be the epitaph for democracy 'round the 🌎 World. "Where there is no vision the people perish."
@BKLau70
@BKLau70 Рік тому
Politicians... Change direction according to the winds of change.
@alfredepding974
@alfredepding974 Рік тому
As regards their PR campaigns quite possibly. As regards their real actions they are increasingly doing what a tiny elite want with no regards to much of the general public or their long term well being. "Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose".
@ianbardon8581
@ianbardon8581 Рік тому
According to WEF
@Wraithing
@Wraithing Рік тому
Thanks for telling the truth George! We're USC and Truss will sell our paddles - her friends have yachts at Cowes, they're not paddling in our creek.
@jdolew
@jdolew Рік тому
We can always trust George to tell it like it is. Such a wise journalist, not afraid to speak truth to power.
@George-hs2zm
@George-hs2zm Рік тому
George Monbiot is a hero, he speaks the real truth. He is spot on about keir Starmer being a coward.
@kurt479
@kurt479 Рік тому
I dont think ive ever been so depressed to be living in the UK
@Homeschoolsw6
@Homeschoolsw6 Рік тому
" since shifted her views ". You can't be in British politics if our plan is to abolish the Monarchy lol.
@bobinscotland
@bobinscotland Рік тому
Liz Truss has done so many U-turns that she has no idea which way she is facing now.
@larrysherk
@larrysherk Рік тому
Now we get to see that even a woman can be completely without a heart.
@atomiccritter6492
@atomiccritter6492 Рік тому
There's been many examples before Truss
@roderickjamesriddick6255
@roderickjamesriddick6255 Рік тому
God what has happen putting a woman like this in power of this country , it should be left to the people of this country come back BORIS ANY DAY.
@normanchristie4524
@normanchristie4524 Рік тому
Keir Starmer needs to establish a power base with the unions and other groups sympathetic to democratic principles.
@ikyhwh
@ikyhwh Рік тому
Right, not radical at all. How about all humans in a democracy should have a decent standard of living. Whoa, radical
@Dontleavemedimi
@Dontleavemedimi Рік тому
"Govern as a conservative". Can someone please elaborate? The chorus of canaries in the coal mine are singing ever louder. Pity that those very people in positions of power cant/wont hear them. So perhaps the billions that are being led into oblivion should say and do something, anything.
@bobinscotland
@bobinscotland Рік тому
Liz Truss used to be a member of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK, so this was a message to her new Conservative party friends that she is a Conservative now.... pitiful that she felt the need to do that.
@franceleeparis37
@franceleeparis37 Рік тому
Bozo Boris must be thinking…’what have I done… I have created a Frankenstein monster.. but hey.. that’s not my problem anymore..’😂😂
@kentwydell9322
@kentwydell9322 Рік тому
This channel is a real find for me. Satire at it's finest.
@tolhumexy6706
@tolhumexy6706 Рік тому
During the first lock dow, Truss was in the States selling NHS data to dodgy corps.
@keeh8267
@keeh8267 Рік тому
Fast your seat people belt, UK is going down hill. From one liar to another liar in the pond.
@wendygerrish4964
@wendygerrish4964 Рік тому
One massive strike coming up yet the party doesnt care, they'll welcome the disruption and chao s.
@urbanimage
@urbanimage Рік тому
Give Liz a break. It's only fair to make the rich richer.
@nischita8490
@nischita8490 Рік тому
Very REAL FAKE SMILE she puts on her face to show the world with a Gratitude. Every body can see and sense it. Good, that this female got a chance to show her true working class for UK people.
@theinfralink6598
@theinfralink6598 Рік тому
The West is in non-disputable decline. One sign is the continuous failure of the system to select the best and brightest leaders who would take majority of people's interest into account in their policies
@beerblues762
@beerblues762 Рік тому
I hope the British still remember the good ol’ European laws that protected workers.
@ianbardon8581
@ianbardon8581 Рік тому
No we Left
@paulag7635
@paulag7635 Рік тому
That's why they left
@davidbond5448
@davidbond5448 Рік тому
Protect them eh? It appears European laws are powering our illegal immigrant crisis.
@davidbond5448
@davidbond5448 Рік тому
@@ledsonphoto are they 😆
@unibks4382
@unibks4382 Рік тому
Don't blame it on the moonlight, don't blame it on the sunshine. Blame Britain's problems on immigrants, the European Union, Covid, militant unions and Putin but not necessarily in that order.
@hannofranz7973
@hannofranz7973 Рік тому
I agree if your comment is ironical.
@ianbardon8581
@ianbardon8581 Рік тому
Putin is the only way to stop WEF. BRICS will rule, the west is foooked.
@nothingtoseehere5760
@nothingtoseehere5760 Рік тому
Yay! No forced subtitles! Thank you! Love the content
@brankajosilo-perry8889
@brankajosilo-perry8889 Рік тому
But, George, when a rich patient goes in for private health care, when things go wrong they turn to the NHS.
@Anvil.
@Anvil. Рік тому
Old saying ... " Run with the hares and the hounds. She is a prime example of this ...
@suedavey8711
@suedavey8711 Рік тому
Run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, I think is correct.
@elaineyoung9672
@elaineyoung9672 Рік тому
Did I understand that she's going to 'undermine our model health care system ' ????
@antonioross9006
@antonioross9006 Рік тому
Lol... You certainly did!
@leoinemckenna6598
@leoinemckenna6598 Рік тому
They are already closing some hospitals down
@davidbond5448
@davidbond5448 Рік тому
What model healthcare system. It's been destroyed by decades of Tory and Labour mismanagement.
@JohnLee-zn7zb
@JohnLee-zn7zb Рік тому
I never really considered Keir all that much, but have I changed my mind.
@stephenroche5107
@stephenroche5107 Рік тому
Regards George 👍
@johnmurray1044
@johnmurray1044 Рік тому
I like the way this man tells the truth
@lizhughes2852
@lizhughes2852 Рік тому
I don't know how George keeps going but I'm really glad he does. 🙂
@bertieschitz-peas429
@bertieschitz-peas429 Рік тому
Its how he makes a living but he lacks true conviction (a vegan who eats roadkill)
@fuckbankers
@fuckbankers Рік тому
Maybe because he's a vegetarian.
@johnrider3749
@johnrider3749 Рік тому
I have never hated a prime minister more than I hate truss,
@elkpaz560
@elkpaz560 Рік тому
The members of the Conservative party wanted Kemi Badenoch, it was the Conservative MPs who put Truss and Sunak forward and cut Badenoch out.
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