Mis-Truss

Well, that was quick!

Liz Truss stepped down as Prime Minister of Great Britain after only six weeks on the job.  Her brief tenure was marked by a bold but stupid plan to cut taxes for the wealthy without offering offsetting cuts in government spending.  She must have realized what a mistake this idea was when Donald Trump publicly praised it.  Given the sorry state of the British economy, no one else did.

It was such a bad economic strategy, even replacing the Chancellor of the Exchequer with someone more sober-minded, or at least sober, didn't help save her bum.

Truss's biggest accomplishment was getting investors so scared that the pound dropped to its lowest value against the dollar to the point where, for once, it was actually cheap for Americans to visit Britain for a change.

Congratulations, Liz - you've just joined William Henry Harrison, Pedro Lascuráin, Pope John Paul I, and Anthony Scaramucci on a list of important public figures who were around for such a short time that they ended up not mattering.   

And Now, An Appeal On Behalf Of the National Truss

Mary Elizabeth ("Call me Liz") Truss, the British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Tory Cabinet, has succeeded ol' Mophead as Prime Minister of Great Britain and as the leader of the Conservative Party.

Already, she's raising many a skeptical eyebrow with her plans - such as they are - for Great Britain. She wants to reduce taxes and also streamline and reduce the size of government - sound familiar (watch yer bloody National Health!)? - and her positions on Brexit, Commonwealth relations, energy policy, and several other groovy things are . . . based on what time it is.

Truss is infamous in Britain for being for something before she's against it, and vice versa.  She wants to be like noted Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher, her idol (trouble!), but the strength of her positions doesn't reach that of her name.  Exactly what she does about Britain's high energy costs, weakening pound, and economic malaise depends a lot on . . . what you time you ask her, apparently.

Note to American feminists: The fact that Britain has its third female Prime Minister in 43 years while the U.S. can't even elect a first female President isn't necessarily something you should be jealous of the Brits for.  because none of these ladies have been from Labour.    

Oh, crikey, this is going to be interesting.