There was a lot of crowing in the week leading up to the release of Liz Truss’s new book “Ten Years to Save The West” as the wokerati lined up to take shots at the “stupidity” of anyone willing to buy it. No doubt the snowflakes are having a meltdown now that it’s hit number four on Amazon on the morning of its release…
Nobody is going to g to buy your stupid book it currently ranks 55172 on Amazon ….and all you do is blame everyone else for the fact that you are a mindless fool
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#55,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#38 in European Politics Books
#67 in Democracy (Books)
#165 in…— Professor Danny Blanchflower economist & fisherman (@D_Blanchflower) April 10, 2024
Looks like Gordon Brown’s economics guru has got his forecast wrong again...
A lot of attention is being given on this recess Monday to a report from ex-diplomats urging the government to “modernise” the FCDO by “looking forward to 2040“. Apparently pursuing national interest is no longer a worthy goal…
Among complaints is that the Foreign Office building on King Charles Street “speaks of our past rather than our future” because it has old paintings in it and reminds guests of previous British achievements – “The UK has sought to project an image of ‘greatness’ to the world that today seems anachronistic”. Meanwhile,“former colonies are making increasingly vocal demands around the need for reparations from colonialism and compensation for the loss and damage arising from historical industrial emissions.” We must therefore reform the Foreign Office into a glorified woke UN aid department…
Report author Moazzam Malik, briefly Director-General for Africa and previously British Ambassador to Indonesia, seems to have had a grudge against his old employer for some time. He resigned as a Director-General after Liz Truss pivoted the FCDO towards responding to the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Malik complained in The Guardian that at the Foreign Office Dominic Raab had “a reputation for being extremely demanding” and that this “isn’t an isolated incident” because Liz Truss was “notorious for picking and choosing who she wanted to hear from.” Civil servants were in so much danger when it came to interacting with malicious Tory ministers that “many had to be moved to other duties to get them out of harm’s way“. God forbid a civil servant is instructed to do any work…
Liz Truss is furious that Labour MPs have filibustered prior to the scheduled second reading of her private members bill tightening the rules on trans kids. It includes a ban on hormone treatment for under-18s and would stop schools recognising social transitioning in children. Labour MPs like Lloyd Russell-Moyle took their sweet time with previous bills, including discussions of ferret safety, and ran down the clock…
Truss has hit out at the tactic:
“Concerned parents will want to know why Labour don’t even want to discuss how to protect children and single sex spaces, let alone put those protections into law. Labour care more about ideology than the protection of children. These policies have popular support – and legislation is required in this area because non-statutory guidance gives too much latitude to extremist ideologues determined to use any loopholes available to promote their dangerous agenda.“
Labour won’t be able to run from the issue forever…
NHS England has just confirmed that, following an independent review, puberty blockers will be banned for children – they will now only be available to children as part of clinical research trials. This follows the closure of the scandal-ridden Tavistock Centre and the conclusion of review-leader Dr Hilary Cass that the Gender Identity Development Service’s failure to gather routine and consistent data meant that long-term evidence of its effectiveness is severely lacking. An inevitable result.
Liz Truss, longtime campaigner on this issue, has responded to the announcement:
“I welcome NHS England’s decision to end the routine prescription of puberty blockers to children for gender dysphoria. I urge the Government to back my Bill on Friday which will reinforce this in law and also prevent these drugs being supplied privately.”
Truss’ own private members’ bill is due for its second reading on Friday. It includes a ban on hormone treatment for under-18s and would stop schools recognising social transitioning in children. Sex would also be enshrined explicitly as biological sex. Truss has previously attacked the government choosing only to change guidance, to the chagrin of Badenoch’s allies – it looks like things are swinging her way…
She doesn’t hold back…
Details and the cover of Liz Truss’ book “Ten Years to Save the West” have been announced by the publisher Biteback. Ten years is a heck of a lot longer than the shelf-life of of a lettuce. The tome is coming out on April 16th and is described as “A call to action for fellow conservatives who share my belief in our nation and our way of life”. Truss’ book is being published on the same day across the pond by Skyhorse – Guido hears the cover for that edition is soon to be released. Excited readers can pre-order the tome for £20…
