{"id":1706780,"date":"2022-10-22T06:30:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T10:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1706780"},"modified":"2022-10-22T09:05:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T13:05:18","slug":"douglas-murray-liz-truss-warning-to-america-you-cant-just-keep-spending-and-ignoring-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/douglas-murray-liz-truss-warning-to-america-you-cant-just-keep-spending-and-ignoring-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Murray: Liz Truss\u2019 Warning to America: You Can\u2019t Just Keep Spending and Ignoring Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium 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style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=76&#038;h=69&#038;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Douglas Murray\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png 152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=114 114w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=76 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/09\/Douglas-Murray.png?w=38 38w\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The joke in Britain is that the country is becoming like Italy \u2013 but without the weather.\u00a0\u00a0In other words \u2013 ungovernable.<\/p>\n<p>Just as Italian politics seem to throw up a new government most weeks, so the UK seems to be churning through Prime Ministers.\u00a0\u00a0Liz Truss announced her resignation on Thursday after a mere six weeks.\u00a0\u00a0The shortest-lived Prime Minister in history, she\u00b4d barely unpacked her bags in Downing Street before having to pack them back up again.<\/p>\n<p>Her successor \u2013 due to be announced next week \u2013 will be the country\u00b4s third Prime Minister this year.\u00a0\u00a0So what on earth caused this mess?\u00a0\u00a0There are a number of reasons.\u00a0\u00a0But some of them are ones that America could learn from.<\/p>\n<p>The first is the costs finally arriving of decisions made over the last decade and more.<\/p>\n<p>All of the Western world is now suffering economic turmoil and cost of living crises.\u00a0\u00a0Nobody who is in power is going to look good at such a time.\u00a0\u00a0But it was the choice of politicians in Britain \u2013 as it was in America \u2013 to pump out free money since 2008.\u00a0\u00a0We did so under the apparent belief that the costs of money-printing would never arrive.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/liz-truss-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/liz-truss-8.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of Liz Truss and the late Queen Elizabeth II meeting.\" class=\"wp-image-24339960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/liz-truss-8.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/liz-truss-8.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/liz-truss-8.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Prime Minister Liz Truss was the last prime minister under the reign of Queen Elizabeth II.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then, before that money splurge had even finished we had another one \u2013 the great COVID money splurge.\u00a0\u00a0Then on top of that, we had the costs coming from the war in Ukraine.\u00a0\u00a0Like so many politicians in this country, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/20\/boris-johnson-planning-comeback-to-replace-truss-report\/\">Liz Truss tried to get through<\/a> this by promising people more of everything.<\/p>\n<p>Her disastrous mini-budget last month saw her promise of tax cuts and a massive increase in borrowing.\u00a0\u00a0The markets were spooked \u2013 and rightly so.\u00a0\u00a0You might do one of these things, but both un-costed spending no explained cuts?\u00a0\u00a0This the markets could not accept.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives used to taunt the leftover about their belief in a magic money tree.\u00a0\u00a0But recent years have shown that politicians on the right are just as able as those on the left to borrow like there\u00b4s no tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>But there are other <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/20\/who-could-replace-liz-truss-as-next-uk-prime-minister\/\">lessons to learn from the Truss debacle<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Britain has burned through Prime Ministers in recent years in part because of the results of the 2016 Brexit vote.\u00a0\u00a0Most of the political class \u2013 including MPs \u2013 were against Brexit.\u00a0\u00a0But the British public wanted to leave the EU and voted to do so.\u00a0\u00a0Still, the politicians seemed to think they knew better.\u00a0\u00a0They campaigned against the public, refusing to do what the public asked them to.\u00a0\u00a0This created huge anger.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/brexit-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/brexit-1.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of people protesting over the Brexit decision.\" class=\"wp-image-24339962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/brexit-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/brexit-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/brexit-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Britain has gone through several prime ministers in recent years in part due to the results of the 2016 Brexit vote. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And there are consequences to that.\u00a0\u00a0When politicians promise one thing and do another then all politics becomes restless.\u00a0\u00a0And that\u00b4s something we should think about here.\u00a0\u00a0How many political candidates have promised to get on top of issues like illegal immigration?\u00a0\u00a0How many of them have done so?\u00a0\u00a0US politicians are as expert as British ones in pushing difficult problems away.\u00a0\u00a0But, when the public says they want something, in general, it\u00b4s a good reason to listen to us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/20\/after-liz-truss-the-shortest-serving-uk-pms-world-leaders\/\">The disaster of Truss raises other issues too<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Not least about the caliber of people now going into politics.\u00a0\u00a0Most of us can remember a time when there were at least some politicians admired across the political aisle.\u00a0\u00a0People who were respected because \u2013 whether you agreed with them or not \u2013 they seemed to have their country\u00b4s best interests at heart.\u00a0\u00a0How many politicians of this generation can this be said about?\u00a0\u00a0Perhaps it\u00b4s the fault of the people going into politics.\u00a0\u00a0Or perhaps the ones going into it want the wrong things?\u00a0\u00a0Certainly, a lot of them seem to put their own advancement ahead of their country.\u00a0\u00a0When they are also visibly incapable of their job there\u00b4s no way that voters won\u00b4t notice that too.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Today Britain looks like a shambles.\u00a0\u00a0Its reputation for calm politics has been shot and the ruling party\u00b4s reputation for economic competency has been shattered.\u00a0\u00a0Who knows if either will recover?<\/p>\n<p>And this should serve as a reminder to America of how swiftly things can change and how easily a reputation can be ruined.<\/p>\n<p>It could be the same here any day.\u00a0\u00a0American politicians seem to think that America\u00b4s financial dominance makes us immune from disaster.\u00a0\u00a0But there is no law in nature that makes this so.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/brexit-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/brexit-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.\" class=\"wp-image-24339972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/brexit-2-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/brexit-2-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/brexit-2-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in favor of the Brexit decision, despite the views of his colleagues.<br \/>\n<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our politicians also promise everything and anything.\u00a0\u00a0Like their counterparts in the UK, they promise to give more money to everyone without saying where it\u00b4s going to come from.\u00a0\u00a0One day it\u00b4s student debt relief.\u00a0\u00a0Another day it\u00b4s more handouts.\u00a0\u00a0How long can this go on?\u00a0\u00a0As in Britain, it will go on until the day it doesn\u00b4t.\u00a0\u00a0And if that day ever comes here it will make what is happening in Britain look like an absolute model of calm.<\/p>\n<p>But the damage she has caused will go further abroad than Britain. It is possible that she has nearly single-handedly ruined the case for low-tax economies. From now on whenever anyone suggests cutting taxes to be more competitive they will have \u2018Truss-nomics\u2019 thrown at them. Forgetting that the problem was that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/20\/uk-us-alliance-still-strong-after-truss-resigns-as-pm-biden\/\">Truss did too many things at once<\/a>. The left will not mind forgetting that particular detail.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Randi Weingarten: Heal yourself before Ukraine<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The President of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten has been touring Ukraine.\u00a0\u00a0Why?\u00a0\u00a0Well apparently to discover such insightful facts as this: that the Ukrainian people are \u201cin a fight for freedom\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While it\u00b4s always nice when anyone learns something, can I make a slight cough of objection?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP21277473918776.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/AP21277473918776.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of Randi Weingarten speaking during a NYC news conference.\" class=\"wp-image-24340772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP21277473918776.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP21277473918776.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP21277473918776.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/AP21277473918776.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Several put blame on Randi Weingarten for forgetting students during the pandemic while focusing on protecting teachers from the virus. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Why does Weingarten need to tour Ukraine\u00b4s schools?\u00a0\u00a0Why doesn\u00b4t she spend more time in America\u00b4s schools?\u00a0\u00a0Perhaps it\u00b4s because if she did she might be reminded of what a rotten job she has done in her job.<\/p>\n<p>This is the woman who ensured American pupils lost years of education during Covid.\u00a0\u00a0While she went on about protecting teachers from the virus she seemed to forget about America\u00b4s students completely.\u00a0\u00a0Not the least of the consequences of that is that the poorest children in America will be behind for the rest of their educations.\u00a0\u00a0Indeed for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Weingarten seemed to think her reckless policies were cost-free.\u00a0\u00a0They weren\u00b4t.\u00a0\u00a0The costs will be felt for years by a whole generation of students.\u00a0\u00a0American children deserve freedom too.\u00a0\u00a0But when they needed someone to fight on their behalf the woman who could have actually done something did worse than nothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The joke in Britain is that the country is becoming like Italy \u2013 but without the weather.\u00a0\u00a0In other words \u2013 ungovernable. 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