Thoughts on our circumstances...: Contrived Rants and Authentic Rants Against the Crown

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Contrived Rants and Authentic Rants Against the Crown

Editor's note: In order to establish herself politically (don't you just loathe politicians), the UK's new PM Liz Truss had talked about abolishing the crown in a speech she gave when she was 19 years-old. What exactly is an "anti-monarchist rebel" supposed to be? It was a contrived "rant" used to polish her public speaking abilities and political career as a professional cockroach, sorry, politician. We know now Liz Truss believes "people are born to rule." For an authentic rant continue on to the end of this post...

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Source: ABC News

How Liz Truss, Britain's next prime minister, went from anti-monarchist rebel to the next Margaret Thatcher

By Jack Hawke in London | September 6 2022

Liz Truss will soon be sworn in as the 56th prime minister of the United Kingdom.(AP: Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Liz Truss was just 19 when she made her first major political appearance, calling for an end to the reign of the monarchy of the United Kingdom.

It was at the 1994 party conference of the Liberal Democrats, and the teenager was speaking as president of the party's Oxford University student movement.

Quoting former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown, she said: "Everybody in Britain should have the chance to be a somebody, but only one family can provide the Head of State.

"We Liberal Democrats believe in opportunity for all, we believe in fairness and common sense.

"We do not believe that people should be born to rule, or that they should put up and shut up about decisions which affect their everyday lives."

After the clip resurfaced in July this year, Ms Truss was asked when she realised that she did not want to abolish the monarchy.

"Almost immediately after I'd made that speech," she told reporters.

"I was a teenager at the time and I do believe that people who never change their mind on anything and think the same at 16 as they do at 46 are, well, first of all, they're not normal people like I am.

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Here is an authentic rant against the British crown...