What do Liz Truss and JD Vance have against elderly people? Specifically, those who are kind, decent and compassionate.
Take Radon Liz. In September 2022 she made a fleeting visit to Balmoral to be sworn in as prime minister by the queen. The last picture that was taken of Queen Elizabeth was of her standing in front of a fireplace next to Truss. You can’t escape the desperation in her eyes. Please, please, she seems to be pleading, get me away from her.
Just put yourself in the queen’s shoes. You’ve done a lifetime of service to the nation. Your first-ever prime minister was Winston Churchill, back when politicians were real politicians. And then just when you should be starting to take it easy, you get lumbered with David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson. And then just when you think you might be in the clear, along comes the Trusster. Literally the dimmest prime minister of all times. Even 49 days of Radon Liz was 47 too many.
On Easter Sunday, the US vice-president was at it. Forcing his way into the Vatican on one of the holiest days of the year to get an audience with a pope, who was clearly very unwell. That must have been one hell of a confession he had to make. His loathing of migrants, people dear to Francis. There again, the pope was a very forgiving man. So maybe he didn’t feel he could say no.
Imagine it. Of all the vice-presidents that popes could have met over the last two and a half centuries, Francis had to make do with Vance. A man with whom he profoundly disagreed on most issues. It was his burden that he had wasted part of his last day on Earth with Vance. His last sacrifice in a lifetime of sacrifice.
Though, I suppose it could have been worse. He might have spent the afternoon with Donald Trump. Agent Orange had to make do with an impromptu eulogy. “The pope was a good guy,” he said. “A hard worker.” Somehow you can always rely on The Donald to come up with the wrong words at the wrong time. A total failure to understand the importance of Francis’s papacy. You got the feeling Trump reckoned he’d have made a much better pope. You know, poping. He could do poping better than anyone else had ever done it. The bigliest pope…..
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After the truth-shower 