Former British PM embraces ‘Trump-style revolution’ while blasting BBC and Bank of England
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Liz Truss pulls back the curtain on what really happened during her 49-day reign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in...
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In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital , Liz Truss pulls back the curtain on what really happened during her 49-day reign as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022. The free speech advocate served just 49 days as British prime minister in 2022 before resigning amid market turmoil over her administration's dramatic attempt to implement a pro-growth economic agenda. Now that the dust has settled, Truss has launched a private club for "pro-growth leaders," the Leconfield, and a YouTube show, "The Liz Truss Show." "My new show will tell the truth about what happened in 2022," Truss told Fox News Digital. "The fact that I was sabotaged by the Bank of England, who announced the sale of gilts the day before my mini-budget and then failed to properly regulate the pension market. That was actually the cause of the crisis in 2022." While Truss is now recasting the narrative on the Bank of England, the financial institution has blamed Truss for the British market crash of 2022, concluding that her mini-budget triggered a sudden plunge in gilt prices, driving up the government’s borrowing costs. The spike rippled across financial markets, pushing pension funds to offload gilts and forcing the Bank of England to intervene to stabilize the market. TRUMP CALLS OUT POLITICO AS 'EXTREMELY UNFRIENDLY' WHEN PRESSED ON AGGRESSIVE ACTION AGAINST VENEZUELA The Bank of England declined to comment when reached by Fox News Digital. "I will be talking about that. I'll also be talking about the conservatives in name only who undermined me while I was in power," Truss said of her show, eliciting President Donald Trump 's "RINO" nickname for Republicans in name only who thwart his agenda. BBC CHAIR TELLS STAFFERS IT'S DETERMINED TO FIGHT TRUMP LAWSUIT OFF, NO BASIS FOR DEFAMATION CLAIM It's not Truss' only commonality with Trump. "I'm very frustrated by the mainstream media ," Truss said. "I share President Trump's annoyance with the BBC. He is currently suing them for propagati…