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Liz Truss to launch 'uncensored' social network to counter mainstream media
Liz Truss is preparing to launch her own social media platform championing free speech, as she warned the “deep state” and mainstream media were stifling freedom of expression in Britain.
The former prime minister said the platform would launch this summer. It is her latest attempt to become a leading figure on the radical right in Britain, openly declaring her support for Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s mission to slash state spending in the US.
Truss made the revelation at a cryptocurrency conference in Bedford over the weekend. She said that she had been “cut off at the knees” when she became prime minister by “the elite”, which opposed radical change.
“That has made me think that it’s not enough just to get into number 10,” she said. “What I’m now thinking is we need a media network to be able to communicate to people, to be able to have a grassroots movement that is actually really demanding change of our leaders.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/15/liz-truss-to-launch-uncensored-social-network-to-counter-mainstream-media
The former prime minister said the platform would launch this summer. It is her latest attempt to become a leading figure on the radical right in Britain, openly declaring her support for Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s mission to slash state spending in the US.
Truss made the revelation at a cryptocurrency conference in Bedford over the weekend. She said that she had been “cut off at the knees” when she became prime minister by “the elite”, which opposed radical change.
“That has made me think that it’s not enough just to get into number 10,” she said. “What I’m now thinking is we need a media network to be able to communicate to people, to be able to have a grassroots movement that is actually really demanding change of our leaders.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/15/liz-truss-to-launch-uncensored-social-network-to-counter-mainstream-media
LOL. Will it outlast a lettuce? Trump could use his for people to suck up to him, and he had a ready-made flock of worshippers. Truss doesn't seem to realise that she's just a disposable curiosity for right-wingers. I mean, look at her massive popularity so far:
Liz Truss managed to shift a paltry 2,228 copies of her book in the first week of sales, Nielson data shows.
The former prime minister has entered the bestsellers’ list at number 70, below RuPaul’s memoir and an air-fryer cookbook.
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Compared to memoirs released by other former prime ministers, Ten Years to Save the West falls below the 21,000 copies sold by David Cameron in its first week and well short of Tony Blair’s autobiography, which managed to shift 92,000 copies in the same timeframe.
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John Major’s memoir sold just 5,415 copies in its first week but went on to exceed 200,000 in total. Edward Heath’s The Course of My Life struggled to surpass 20,000 copies, while Gordon Brown’s My Life, Our Times sold about 30,000.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/liz-truss-manages-to-shift-just-2228-copies-of-her-book-373699/
The former prime minister has entered the bestsellers’ list at number 70, below RuPaul’s memoir and an air-fryer cookbook.
...
Compared to memoirs released by other former prime ministers, Ten Years to Save the West falls below the 21,000 copies sold by David Cameron in its first week and well short of Tony Blair’s autobiography, which managed to shift 92,000 copies in the same timeframe.
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John Major’s memoir sold just 5,415 copies in its first week but went on to exceed 200,000 in total. Edward Heath’s The Course of My Life struggled to surpass 20,000 copies, while Gordon Brown’s My Life, Our Times sold about 30,000.
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/liz-truss-manages-to-shift-just-2228-copies-of-her-book-373699/
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