#111 - Liz truss - The UK Needs a Trump Style Revolution
Release Date: 09/25/2025
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info_outlineLiz Truss returns with a firestorm of truth about what really runs Britain & why the system fought her every step of the way.
In this interview, we talk about:
– Her resignation & the forces behind it
– The real power of the Treasury, Bank of England & civil service
– Why free speech is dead in Britain
– Immigration, lawlessness & sectarian violence
– Why the UK feels like a broken state
– How to fix it: repeal the laws, fire the chiefs & fight back
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 – Introduction
00:03:07 – Lucy Connolly & Graham Linehan
00:06:20 – Free Speech Is Under Attack
00:07:57 – Nationalists vs Globalists
00:10:01 – Why Centrism Doesn’t Work Anymore
00:16:04 – Dysfunctional Civil Service
00:24:10 – How the Blob Blocks Reform
00:26:52 – The Ideological Left
00:28:04 – How Conservatism Became Socialist
00:30:10 – The Politics of Envy
00:32:20 – Why the PM Has No Power
00:35:56 – Debt, GDP, and Economic Decline
00:36:41 – “I Was Right”
00:39:28 – What the Bank of England Did
00:48:10 – “This Country Is Broken”
00:51:52 – How the Welfare State Traps People
00:55:31 – The Great Repeal: A New Britain
01:00:38 – Are We Already in a Civil War?
01:03:49 – A Peaceful Uprising Is Growing
01:06:01 – The Rise of Domestic Ethno-Nationalism
01:09:59 – When the Woke Turn on Their Own
01:12:18 – British Media Is Complicit
01:16:10 – Should the BBC Be Abolished?
01:20:00 – Lawlessness & Shoplifting as Normal
01:22:15 – Fixing the Police
01:24:13 – Flags, Identity & the Cultural Fight
01:26:33 – The Entrepreneur Class Must Step Up
01:29:38 – Could Liz Truss Come Back?
01:33:00 – Final Thoughts:
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