This Liz Truss parody hilariously nails her world-beating cringeworthiness
The Tory leadership race that came along to ruin all our practically politics-free summers limps on, with favourite Liz Truss and underdog Rishi Sunak conducting TV debates and a round of hustings across the country.
So exciting! Liz Truss is visiting Brexit-on-Sea this morning, to hold a hustings at the Sunlit Uplands care home. She'll be presented with the Order of the Pork Sword, our highest civic honour, and a hamper of cheese, made locally at Bell End Farm.
— Mrs Nigel Farage (@MrsNigel) July 22, 2022
Truss would "cause misery to ordinary people" – Sunak
Sunak would "crash the economy" – Truss
Happy family
— Ben Walker (@BNHWalker) July 25, 2022
The candidates have been thrashing out the big questions –
Should taxes go up or down?
Who would send the most asylum seekers to Rwanda?
Which candidate had the least-privileged backgound?
Sunak wants you to know his mum ran a pharmacy. Truss wants you to know that she went to a state school.
Why? Well, because they think it makes them sound "normal".
No mention of their time at Oxford doing PPE or their own business careers.
— Otto English (@Otto_English) July 26, 2022
Liz Truss went to such an appalling school that she got into Oxford from it
— Richard Murphy (@RichardJMurphy) July 25, 2022
Rishi Sunak repeatedly suggesting his childhood was hard-up grates a bit. The same Winchester student and Oxfordian who said: "I have friends who are aristocrats, I have friends who are upper class, I have friends who are working class… well, not working class"
— Josiah Mortimer (@josiahmortimer) July 25, 2022
If you’ve watched any of Liz Truss’ performances as a leadership candidate, as Foreign Secretory, or even back when she was Secretary of state for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, emoting about cheese and pork markets, you’ll know that actor and writer Matilda Thorpe has nailed her deer-in-the-headlights delivery.
A message from your next Prime Minister #LizTruss #sunaktruss #Conservatives #Uturn #ToryLeadershipRace pic.twitter.com/CRAJmoaAEp
— Matilda Thorpe (@tillythorpe) July 27, 2022
I changed my politics. I changed my view on Brexit, and I’ve changed my voice – and look where that’s got me.
The sketch went down very well with constituents voters tweeters, and here are some of their verdicts,
Hits it out of the park 🤣🤣👏👏👏👏 https://t.co/WSQkVHGpSP
— Matt Dunn🇮🇪 🇺🇦No Pasaran #FBPE #JoinAUnion (@Mattladd1) July 27, 2022
timeline cleanser tweeps!!!!!! https://t.co/afPdfD5Hva
— MarcusFitzsimons Woke Bunny Hugger Green Socialist (@MarcusFitzsimon) July 27, 2022
This is PRICELESS 🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/SYWMXGUZW0
— DóC (@DOCasBAC) July 27, 2022
Uncanny – it's like being in the room with #LizTruss https://t.co/Mo2ljEV0Uw
— Dame Dafty Nubbins 💙 🇮🇪 (@DaftyNubbins) July 27, 2022
😂😂😂 only noticeable difference is your face moves,
— Tenement Rebel Bitch 🏴🍒 (@SatyagrahAlba) July 27, 2022
It looks like somebody else should be getting their name on the ballot sheet.
#TillyForPM! @tillythorpe being her fabulous self again.😁😁😁 https://t.co/lnP9tOdgYe
— PerfumePaola FBPE 🐟🇮🇹🌻🇪🇺💙 (@PaolaPerfume) July 27, 2022
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