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WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Political Lessons of Liz Truss’s 44 Days in Office

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

4.22.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

What can conservative politicians learn from Liz Truss’s tumultuous time as the United Kingdom’s shortest-serving Prime Minister? Paul Gigot speaks with documentary filmmaker Michael Pack and WSJ Opinion columnist Joe Sternberg about ‘The Prime Minister vs. The Blob: Liz Truss’s 44 Days in Office,’ a new documentary that examines the economic and political forces behind her fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

0:35.4

Can conservatives really change the course of government and a modern democracy?

0:40.7

Donald Trump is going to try with the help of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramoswamy and their

0:45.9

Department of Government Efficiency. But they'll face enormous obstacles in the permanent bureaucracy,

0:51.9

the press corps, and of course, Washington interest groups.

0:55.3

An example of what they'll contend with is the story of Liz Trust, the prime minister, for 44 days,

1:02.2

all of 44 days in the United Kingdom.

1:04.5

Her story is a subject of a new documentary by WSJ opinion called The Prime Minister versus the blob, and that's our subject

1:13.2

for today on Potomac Watch. Welcome, I'm Paul as you go, the editor of the Wall Street Journal

1:18.6

editorial page, and I'm here with Michael Pack, the producer of the documentary and our collaborator

1:24.9

on opinion docs, plus Joe Sternberg, our columnist based in London,

1:29.4

who informed the story and is featured as a commentator in the documentary. Welcome, Michael and

1:35.7

Joe, good to have you here. Thanks for having us on, Paul. Michael, this is our second opinion documentary.

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