Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and that mini-budget | Liz Truss speaks to Iain Dale

Iain Dale speaks to former Prime Minister Liz Truss to discuss the release of her new book and get her thoughts on a whole host of topics. 00:20 - Meeting the Queen in Balmoral to be appointed PM 05:10 - First ambitions to be PM 08:15 - What is the book about? 11:30 - Difficulty in getting things done 14:20 - ‘People find me quite hard work’ 16:50 - Are summits a waste of time? 17:55 - Early life - and going from Liberal Democrat to Conservative 23:25 - ‘Outsourced’ power to quangos and regulators 26:40 - Activist civil servants - left wing state 32:45 - Bugging Boris Johnson in hospital 36:50 - Where conservatives are going wrong 40:25 - Net zero plans amount to ‘economic suicide’ 41:30 - Conservatives wanted self ID to ‘appear fashionable’ 42:05 - Accepting the Blair agenda 43:05 - ‘Unfinished business’ - a return to frontline politics? 49:53 - Appearing at CPAC with Steve Bannon 51:00 - ‘Leftie media’ 52:31 - What went wrong with the mini-budget? 59:00 - Blaming economy on the mini-budget a ‘smear’ 01:00:49 - Sacking Kwasi Kwarteng 01:02:49 - Andrew Bailey should resign as Bank of England governor 01:06:10 - Sacking Kwasi Kwarteng 01:06:52 - Joe Biden not ‘particularly supportive of the United Kingdom’ - it ‘has to be’ Trump 01:09:05 - Labour has ‘nothing to say’ 01:10:02 - Could Liz support Reform UK? 01:11:48 - Should the Rwanda plan be abandoned? 01:12:52 - Parallels between Putin and Hitler - UK not spending enough on defence 01:14:45 - Has this taken a personal toll on Liz? 01:19:05 - Quickfire questions: ECHR in or out? Naughtiest thing she’s ever done? Night in or night out? Last time she cried? Legacy in three words? Best job in government? Rating Rishi Sunak out of 10? Listen to the full show on Global Player: https://app.af.globalplayer.com/Br0x/LBCYouTubeListenLive #iaindale #liztruss #LBC #tories #borisjohnson #labour #ukpolitics #donaldtrump #joebiden #uselection LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup