Liz Truss's latest foray into the world of entertainment, 'The Liz Truss Show', promises to tackle the biggest issues facing the west, but the show's premise feels like a joke. Instead of confronting the tough topics, it appears to be a rehashing of her failed attempts at politics.
In this new format, Liz will delve into the cultural battles reshaping the west, which sounds like a vague promise to appeal to anyone looking for a cure-all solution. However, given Truss's track record on issues such as free markets and economic policy, it's hard to take anything she has to say at face value.
The show is based on a fairytale concept, where Liz plays the heroine who was almost destroyed by the "deep state" but is now back with a vengeance. This echoes her failed bid for prime minister, which ended with her being ousted by market forces that she had spent years trying to control through free markets.
Liz's new show seems like a form of political homeopathy, where a small dose of the problem becomes the solution. She claims this new endeavour will be about "the cultural battles reshaping the west", but it feels more like a desperate attempt to cling to relevance.
The announcement of 'The Leconfield', Liz's proposed private members' club in London, is perhaps her most absurd venture yet. Members are required to pay £500,000 each to join, with promises of a "secure ecosystem" and "unique business centre". This has been likened to a WeWork for arseholes, and the term seems apt.
Despite the absurdity of it all, there may be some coherence to Liz Truss's two seemingly unrelated projects. If she can convince 700 people to pay her half a million quid each, then maybe – just maybe – she'll have finally found success on her own terms. However, that would require a rather drastic re-evaluation of the entire west, which seems like an unrealistic expectation.
Ultimately, 'The Liz Truss Show' and 'The Leconfield' feel like two sides of the same coin – both are examples of Liz's inability to accept failure and instead try to manufacture her own success. As for viewers tuning in, it remains to be seen whether anyone will actually watch this pantomime of a show, but one thing is certain: it'll be an entertaining spectacle.
In this new format, Liz will delve into the cultural battles reshaping the west, which sounds like a vague promise to appeal to anyone looking for a cure-all solution. However, given Truss's track record on issues such as free markets and economic policy, it's hard to take anything she has to say at face value.
The show is based on a fairytale concept, where Liz plays the heroine who was almost destroyed by the "deep state" but is now back with a vengeance. This echoes her failed bid for prime minister, which ended with her being ousted by market forces that she had spent years trying to control through free markets.
Liz's new show seems like a form of political homeopathy, where a small dose of the problem becomes the solution. She claims this new endeavour will be about "the cultural battles reshaping the west", but it feels more like a desperate attempt to cling to relevance.
The announcement of 'The Leconfield', Liz's proposed private members' club in London, is perhaps her most absurd venture yet. Members are required to pay £500,000 each to join, with promises of a "secure ecosystem" and "unique business centre". This has been likened to a WeWork for arseholes, and the term seems apt.
Despite the absurdity of it all, there may be some coherence to Liz Truss's two seemingly unrelated projects. If she can convince 700 people to pay her half a million quid each, then maybe – just maybe – she'll have finally found success on her own terms. However, that would require a rather drastic re-evaluation of the entire west, which seems like an unrealistic expectation.
Ultimately, 'The Liz Truss Show' and 'The Leconfield' feel like two sides of the same coin – both are examples of Liz's inability to accept failure and instead try to manufacture her own success. As for viewers tuning in, it remains to be seen whether anyone will actually watch this pantomime of a show, but one thing is certain: it'll be an entertaining spectacle.