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I feel slightly bad for Liz Truss, since I imagine that one of the things she will be remembered is that the Queen died less than 48 hours into her government.

>>Hamuko+(OP)
Truss wouldn’t care about that. If anything she’ll spin this to her advantage. It’s pretty common for governments to release embarrassing documents or unpopular changes during busy news weeks, or at the weekend, knowing that peoples attention is elsewhere.

You don’t get to become a PM by playing nice.

>>Hamuko+(OP)
She's got much bigger things to worry about.

>>Hamuko+(OP)
Oh I'm sure she at least appreciates the opportunity to bury some unappealing news. News broke e.g. of her decision to rescind all restrictions on fracking (and – just a funny coincidence – of the fact that her campaign's biggest donation came from the wife of a BP exec), at about the same time as news of the Queen's deteriorating health.

>>Hamuko+(OP)
Well at this rate she may end up more well known for dismantling the Northern Ireland Protocol and breaking the Good Friday Agreement.

>>andrep+t5
I really wish lobbying and campaign donations were made illegal because in practice it’s little different from bribery.

>>laumar+F2
She’s already been busy: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/08/tom-scholar-...

>>Hamuko+(OP)
It's a great cover for her potential early mistakes.

>>Hamuko+(OP)
She was an abolitionist in her youth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qfg1AQnWIM

>>Hamuko+(OP)
It's interesting you bring this up as in my view Truss is the antithesis of Queen Elizabeth II. Truss is somebody that would say anything that people wanted to hear to be popular and amass political power whereas Queen Elizabeth refrained from staying anything people didn't want to hear to be dutifully detached from the fickleness of politics.

>>Hamuko+(OP)
Alternatively, a new King took power less than 48hrs into her government. The ascendancy of a new monarch is at least as memorable as the passing of, in this instance his, predecessor.