Lords erupts in laughter as member makes dig at Liz Truss

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Lords erupts in laughter as member makes dig at Liz Truss

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The House of Lords erupted in laughter as a member made a joke about Liz Truss in front of Lord David Cameron during questions on Tuesday, 16 April.
Former Labour MP Lord Bruce Grocott asked the foreign secretary if he had a message for those who "can't see a purpose" for the former prime minister following similar comments she made about the United Nations.
In response, Lord Cameron said: "I take the view that the United Nations has many problems... but nonetheless, it's important we have an international body where issues can be discussed, where countries can come together."
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@Fedora_JP 4 ай бұрын

Notice David didn't say he sees the point in liz Truss

@RobertJonesWightpaint 4 ай бұрын

Oh, I think we all noticed THAT all right!

@WildlifeVideos113 4 ай бұрын

And the smile on his face when he said he saw the point in the United Nations.

@PanglossDr 3 ай бұрын

I took the way he emphasised the UN to mean he didn't see the point of Truss.

@8800ftw 2 ай бұрын

@@PanglossDr Absolutely. 👍

@jamesoakley4570 4 ай бұрын

Even when people tell Lizz Truss that shes the most useless and worst PM in history, She still thinks shes the greatest. Thats the Tories mindset.

@Knappa22 4 ай бұрын

Yep. The Dunning-Kruger effect.

@markmonaghan2309 4 ай бұрын

She's backing trump, what could possibly go wrong.

@senanur1983 4 ай бұрын

Wasnt she originally in Lib Dems and then switched to Tory sometime ago?

@samil5601 4 ай бұрын

That's the basis of all conservative thinking: in their minds their actions have no consequences. Thus, they can't be held accountable for anything.

@dmd2348 4 ай бұрын

“Yes but you have heard of me” is all I think she says

@Bazrad68 4 ай бұрын

The fact that Liz Truss made it to the top job in the UK is insane to me😳

@colin_a 4 ай бұрын

You ain't seen nothing yet.., Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner are on their way! 😂😂😂🤣🥴😵‍💫

@sueyourself5413 4 ай бұрын

@@colin_a I don't have a problem with Rayner. Starmer is just a CIA asset and a tory, a disgusting liar, complicit in a genocide.

@menheerMaytrap 4 ай бұрын

right? she was always just the crazy cheese lady, and then.....

@robertcottam8824 4 ай бұрын

@@colin_a Hmmm. Let’s see what they have to say about cheese, pork markets and the ‘disgrace’ of importing fruit… One thing is certain: Starmer will be atop the greasy pole for a lot longer than Truss, Sunak, dePfeffel or May. Pippity-pip, poppet.

@paultaylor7082 4 ай бұрын

That shows you how out of touch both Tory MPs, and even more so, their Party members are, as they had the final say on the leadership, back in 2022. Mind you, they only had Sunak as the alternative, so not much of a choice.

@svlagonda7417 4 ай бұрын

Liz Truss is an utter waste of space. Everything that's wrong with British politics

@denisewan1121 4 ай бұрын

What about frustration at US and UK vetoes?

@sayantanmazumdar3 3 ай бұрын

Is she still receiving her pension? If yes, then she's a waste of taxpayers money too.

@kashaid 4 ай бұрын

The British version of 'Dunning-kruger' is the 'Lizz Truss' effect

@chris6559 4 ай бұрын

Yep, with a big dose of Narcissistic Personality Disorder thrown in..

@HTOP1982 4 ай бұрын

Boris Johnson...

@AA-yc8yr 4 ай бұрын

You have no clue what Dunning-Kruger is, shows, and how (or not, rather) reliable it is. Truss is an idiot who can, and is led and couched. You - merely ignorant, even though the thrust of your comment may be justified.

@danielemerson312 4 ай бұрын

And also the Peter Principle taken to a grotesque extreme.

@JelMain 4 ай бұрын

Is there an opposite process? I was told aged 60 I'd massively understated my competence. Integrating that has caused terrible grief sorting out the truth of my identity, as half of the two personas had to go.

@mup_pet 4 ай бұрын

At this point the mere mention of her name elicits giggling incontinence.

@5lowburner 4 ай бұрын

That’s terribly unfair! Liz Truss’ purpose was to establish a cross-party baseline for incompetence and - credit where it’s due, she’s served it very well.

@Alone47 4 ай бұрын

I am not sure she succeded on that one either.

@gwyneth7812 4 ай бұрын

I dont know of this matter, but if you do want a laugh and havent seen it, search - Dennis Skinner calling DC 'Dodgy Dave' in the Commons.

@michaelkay1508 3 ай бұрын

Debates in the Lords are so much more civilised. Raised eyebrows and a faint smile are enough to send a message without constant shouting.

@graememckay9972 4 ай бұрын

Hardly an eruption of laughter but probably as loud as it gets without waking most of them up.

@mikewilson8513 4 ай бұрын

That was genuinely funny. Even Cameron was smiling.

@californiadreamin8423 4 ай бұрын

Cameron….the “runaway” should be wearing a yellow suit for shafting the country.

@martynlewis9020 4 ай бұрын

It’s a pity the question of “what’s the point of Liz Truss” wasn’t raised before she had chance to wreak havoc with the British economy!

@deanjames2476 4 ай бұрын

Nice to see they all turned up for their weekly bingo

@heywhotsgoinon8286 4 ай бұрын

£300 a day.

@EdMcF1 4 ай бұрын

Don't worry, it's been adjusted for inflation, up to £342 a day.

@GG-hi5if 3 ай бұрын

@@EdMcF1361 now actually. But if you look into the accounts many dont actually claim that amount, mostly travel costs of getting into london - which i dont blame them for

@niknoks7638 4 ай бұрын

A Lordship for Cameron? Jobs for the boys! 😡

@sausagembape677 4 ай бұрын

Cameron is as much of a joke

@syleshwhycantileavethisbla802 4 ай бұрын

I don't like the guy, his austerity measures were the starting point for the steep downward slide this country is on, but he never lost a contest against a lettuce and didn't have to resign in disgrace 6 weeks into the job. However low you think he set the bar for a British PM, Liz Truss drove it into the centre of the earth.

@gwyneth7812 4 ай бұрын

@@syleshwhycantileavethisbla802 I cannot see this man without thinking of Dennis Skinner calling him 'Dodgy Dave' in the Commons. Now that's one for a good chuckle.

@sydnorth5868 4 ай бұрын

You might not like his political views, and yes, the referendum he presided over was an absolute disaster, but Cameron is head and shoulders above the rest of the current Conservative Party in terms of competence. That's why Sunak brought him back into the Cabinet, safe in the knowledge that by appointing him to the HoL he could not mount a leadership challenge.

@denisewan1121 4 ай бұрын

At least Cameron has experience, and is careful what he says. More can be said for the truss.

@nigeltrigger4499 3 ай бұрын

@@sydnorth5868 It is true to say that he is more competently corrupt!

@ahmedsenussi8232 4 ай бұрын

How Liz Truss ever became Prime Minister 🤔 🙄 baffs me

@SpeckleKen 4 ай бұрын

The 2nd Law of Conservative Government: the scum must always rise to the top.

@nicholashill9302 4 ай бұрын

Or boris cameron may bliar brown thatcher major Attlee the list goes on. Wilson heath callaghan . And as for foreign secretaries boris cameron. Don't get started on health secretaries. Ps I forgot dishy sunak. Oh mayor's of London apart from dear old Ken. Boris again sadik!!. And as for starmer WTF WEF WHO.

@beastylad7418 4 ай бұрын

Lizz Truss is a great example and proves anyone can make it in life, Even Dodgy Dave as done ok 👍

@peterlawson6567 4 ай бұрын

Make what?

@beastylad7418 4 ай бұрын

@@peterlawson6567 Not make what” Make it in life’ meaning Lizz the Lettuce 🥬 hasn’t done to bad for her self’ considering she comes across as a complete idiot’ She’ll never have to worry about money 💰 again ‘ nice big Government pension’ plenty of speaking fees’ etc Not to bad A .

@obtuse1291 4 ай бұрын

He mentions the Russian veto, the Chinese veto. Did the United States of Israel veto slip his mind?

@darcyperkins7041 4 ай бұрын

The US and UK are usually on the same side on an issue so he was referring to their plans being thwarted.

@Camcolito 4 ай бұрын

The US and Israeli vetoes are a force for good obviously.

@johnwall1989 4 ай бұрын

@@darcyperkins7041So the height of hypocrisy?

@BittermanAndy 4 ай бұрын

@@johnwall1989 well, yeah, he's a Tory, go figure.

@beeble2003 4 ай бұрын

@@johnwall1989 It's not hypocrisy to believe that Russia and China veto things that shouldn't be vetoed, while the US vetoes things that should be. Whether it's _correct_ is a whole different question, but it's not hypocrisy.

@pplesandoranges 4 ай бұрын

Why isn't Lord Piggy frustrated with the US veto too?

@toxlaximus3297 4 ай бұрын

Because they have their hand up his puppet a***.

@AntSudbury-tv3we 4 ай бұрын

Because he's a two faced Jeremy Hunt & pig romancer,,,

@hamzakadir7058 4 ай бұрын

Mmm. I wonder.

@hamzakadir7058 4 ай бұрын

I mean.. those two combined have far fewer vetos

@darcyperkins7041 4 ай бұрын

@@hamzakadir7058US and UK or Russia and China?

@roberttai646 Ай бұрын

Apparently, when given the opportunity, her constituency did not find a purpose to her either.

@christradgett-affiliates 4 ай бұрын

I like the final statement - which imples he can't see the point of Liz Truss

@steveozone4910 4 ай бұрын

I don't see the purpose of Cameron either 😂

@matteomerlini604 4 ай бұрын

I was going to say "That's fair, but at least he's not as damaging as Truss", but then I remembered he's the reason we had Brexit.

@thomasandrewclifford Ай бұрын

@@matteomerlini604I can think of a purpose for him if we are being honest. He did give us the chance to democratically both find out how easily manipulated we can be and also humble our entire nation. Dont get me wrong the damage was catastrophic but at least some of us will think a little harder next time we get a referendum.

@danny2518 2 ай бұрын

Lis Truss is correct on this issue! Well done!

@danny2518 2 ай бұрын

The United Nation is pushing "International Compact Global Migration" destroying the Western countries. Western country leaders are weenies.

@keithf_ 2 ай бұрын

Ooh, that reminds me ... I need to put lettuce on the shopping list

@Mooocheropordis 4 ай бұрын

'The Lords chuckled' isn't a great click baity title for this video, but more accurate

@jean-marcknight8816 Ай бұрын

The click baiting competition has a collateral damage: the art of the understatement

@martypart2192 4 ай бұрын

I’m struggling with the point of the House of Lords

@SpeckleKen 4 ай бұрын

It has many, many old duffers but it stops the House of Commons from many of its worst excesses, and literally no-one else can.

@beeble2003 4 ай бұрын

Our electoral system means that a party that gets 40% of the vote in a general election gets a massive majority in the House of Commons. If it wasn't for the Lords, that party could do anything it wanted, even though 60% of the people wanted somebody else to be in charge.

@rjjcms1 4 ай бұрын

@@SpeckleKen Exactly. The power-hungry party political machines probably hate it (whenever its decisions suit the other side's agenda not theirs,that is) because of that.

@AntSudbury-tv3we 4 ай бұрын

A British veto,,

@fritzhenning1 Ай бұрын

Bye bye Lord Big Dave....back to your grubby lobbying.

@splatten8597 4 ай бұрын

Will Cameron bail on the UK again, as he did straight after Brexit vote?

@gwyneth7812 4 ай бұрын

I cannot see this man without thinking of Dennis Skinner calling him 'Dodgy Dave' in the Commons. Now that's one for a good chuckle.

@GarethMachin-rb2sg 4 ай бұрын

Liz Fuss really needs to see a therapist, how long can her denial continue? I hope its up until election day at least. Maybe she could run for leader of the party again and hopefully win again. It's hilarious.

@duckndive. 4 ай бұрын

The unelected, £300 a day? For What?

@terencemichaels 4 ай бұрын

De-mock-racy

@denisewan1121 4 ай бұрын

I think they only get the £300 if they go in and sit there.........

@user-py5ct1go2s 4 ай бұрын

I am mot too sure about that Denise. I remember a few years ago that was a very big story in the press about members of the Lords turning up and signing in then they would just go for a meal for about a hour or so and then leave.@@denisewan1121

@user-xy1on2hg2i 4 ай бұрын

The lords should be abolished

@user-ol6rd7pl5t 4 ай бұрын

Who would protect us from the Tories then, they've trying their hardest to make the country a dictatorship already. By taking us our of the EU & now wanting to leave the ECHR and ICHR.

@ykst6685 4 ай бұрын

honestly, the level and quality of debate in the Lords is much better and grounded than the Commons.

@rolinti9146 4 ай бұрын

@ykst6685 yeah they may be completely unelected and paid £342 a day but at least they're slightly more competent than those in the least trusted profession in the country - a rather weak argument indeed

@gwyneth7812 4 ай бұрын

The Commons should - i bet the corruption is far greater there.

@thomasandrewclifford Ай бұрын

Cameron was quite good at spinning nonsense but not even he can spin the idea that Truss serves a purpose.

@sammyhill69 3 ай бұрын

There's no point of Liz Truss and almost no point of Cameron either.

@Dishfire101 4 ай бұрын

How about the American Veto!!!

@brianmarshall1637 4 ай бұрын

Are the Lords getting as bad as the commons for personal attacks.

@SpeckleKen 4 ай бұрын

No.

@mustafamar1437 4 ай бұрын

Liz Truss and Jeremy Corbyn should never have made it to leadership. Sunak is worthy of PM the others less so.

@jmo8934 4 ай бұрын

The point of Liz Truss is loads of entertainment provided she is not let near any position of power ever again.

@xander1052 2 ай бұрын

When David Cameron is the best Prime Minister of the 2010s, you know something has gone wrong.

@onenote6619 3 ай бұрын

The joke that keeps on giving. Liz Truss - a triumph of ambition over ability.

@jimjiminy5836 4 ай бұрын

Liz truss saying everything Steven bannon has told her to.

@ashleyhoward8926 4 ай бұрын

To.

@gerryclarke9795 4 ай бұрын

She's straight from the Bannon school of goosestepping!

@jimjiminy5836 4 ай бұрын

@@ashleyhoward8926 oops. Thanks

@Shteev91 4 ай бұрын

Tosay I learned The Independent's definition of "erupts" and my definition are worlds apart.

@peterlowe6064 4 ай бұрын

These are clowns of which Cameron is the biggest

@weswheel4834 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, we should definitely get rid of things if a random person doesn't understand what they're for :D

@ominousparallel3854 4 ай бұрын

I side with Liz Truss on that one.

@richardjones8699 4 ай бұрын

I just wonder who exactly is going to buy the book?

@danielcrafter9349 4 ай бұрын

Right-wingers - they fall for any old nonsense, so

@richardjones8699 4 ай бұрын

@@danielcrafter9349 After doing some research the Publishers only gave her an advance of £1500 or so. Seems even they don't have much hope re sales.

@paultaylor7082 4 ай бұрын

The book will be 'remaindered' and go in the Bargain Bin, 50p a copy if she's lucky. The rest will be pulped and recycled.

@paultaylor7082 4 ай бұрын

@@richardjones8699 If correct, that's hardly a Vote of Confidence as regards likely sales then?

@richardjones8699 4 ай бұрын

@@paultaylor7082 From The Standard... "The initial advance for the UK version was a paltry £1,512.88, about 0.29 per cent of the advance Boris Johnson got for his forthcoming book."

@murdogordon3091 4 ай бұрын

I think the bigger question is, what is the point of the House of Lords?

@raggedcritical 4 ай бұрын

They're an unelected, deliberative body that scrutinizes bills passed by the commons and sometimes suggests amendments especially when a bill is illegal, unconscionable or just plain idiotic. So they've actually had their work cut out for them over the past few years.

@acciid 4 ай бұрын

They are elected. By their chums.

@wudipest 4 ай бұрын

@@acciid close. But they're nominated rather than elected. Election involves some form of voting.

@SpeckleKen 4 ай бұрын

@@wudipest There's been one or more election (that's "voting" to you) almost every year since 2003.

@thomasandrewclifford Ай бұрын

House of lords reform is now in the conversation which is more than we could ever save said for the past decade. Age limits and some system to have them chosen by the public would be nice.

@Democracyguardd 5 күн бұрын

The people will erupt in laughter when they're all crying in cages

@robtaylor5310 4 ай бұрын

Liz Truss... the bunny-boiler ex-girlfriend who just won't go away...

@philipberridge3581 4 ай бұрын

House of Lords how pompous self important are you all.

@kingmasterfilip2965 4 ай бұрын

Like Liz Truss?

@LAMF24 4 ай бұрын

@@kingmasterfilip2965 I don't think I've ever seen her asleep on the benches.

@thomasandrewclifford Ай бұрын

@@LAMF24because she is too much of an attention seeker to ever lose a moment to embarrass herself. She is the same as Braverman in that respect. They'll be in reform soon enough further proving both parties are the same. Fearmongering instead of even trying to fix anything.

@markbantz9699 4 ай бұрын

US vetoes!

4 ай бұрын

Bunch of old farts. Please disband the house of grifters!

@grahamwoodhams6512 4 ай бұрын

One awful person he should not a lord ,He Should not have a Voice in our So called Government 😢😢😢😢😢

@fabiotabaton314 4 ай бұрын

He never mentioned the US veto...!!😢 ciao

@johnrichardson7548 4 ай бұрын

Why do we still have this waste of money called the lords

@joecurran2811 3 ай бұрын

Even Cameron laughed!

@vo4068 4 ай бұрын

She does have a point!

@user-dh7gp9hu4w 4 ай бұрын

Overprivileged, self regarding, overpaid and hypocritical the whole lot!

@adrianaspalinky1986 4 ай бұрын

#UnelectedBueeaucrat

@steveholmes381 4 ай бұрын

Cameron didn't say anything about the purpose of Lizz Truss 🤔

@banksiasong 4 ай бұрын

... and a US Veto, Cameron!

@dibdab101 4 ай бұрын

if they ever make a Harry Potter reboot, Liz Truss should definitely audition for the part of Dolores Umbridge.

@bipolarminddroppings 4 ай бұрын

Umbridge is competent, pretty abhorrent, but competent.

@sharpefan1 4 ай бұрын

How is it democratic for Cameron to sit and speak in both houses? when one is supposed to monitor and regulate what comes from the other?

@adriancarlton-oatley9736 4 ай бұрын

He doesn't sit in the Commons. Andrew Mitchell speaks for the Foreign Office there.

@anonimushbosh Ай бұрын

And as the bringer of Brexit & a thousand tiny recessions just proved, the point of Liz Truss is how else would anyone be motivated to speak up in defence of the UN?

@RobertWilson-jb4xw 4 ай бұрын

And of course an American veto .

@sticktwiddler9028 4 ай бұрын

More of a titter than an eruption.

@paulbo9033 4 ай бұрын

People in glass houses.. We can't see the point in the House of Lords. Abolish it now!

@knightsnight5929 4 ай бұрын

It is way overdue; let us hope that Labour has the balls to reform this ridiculous upper chamber, which makes us a laughingstock around the world and robs our championing of democracy of any believability.

@notnotadev 4 ай бұрын

@@knightsnight5929it does not make us a laughing stock around the world, and a reform has a higher chance in hurting democracy than strengthening it.

@deanjames2476 4 ай бұрын

@knightsnight5929 Good luck watch kier fill it up with a load of cronies

@paulbo9033 4 ай бұрын

@@knightsnight5929 Labour won't do anything significant

@notnotadev 4 ай бұрын

@@paulbo9033 I think Starmer has explicitly stated, for better or for worse, that he will do something significant

@rolandsausage 4 ай бұрын

I can't see the point of Cameron and that unelected house of cronies, grifters, failed politicians and deviants

@beeble2003 4 ай бұрын

The point of the House of Lords is that our electoral system means that a party with 40% of the popular vote gets a massive majority in the House of Commons. If it wasn't for the House of Lords scrutinizing their proposed laws, that Commons majority could do whatever it wanted, despite 60% of the people voting against them.

@rolandsausage 4 ай бұрын

@beeble2003 no the point of the house of Lords is to keep the elites, failed politicians, grifters and donors in power. The idea that it defends democracy is a joke. FPTP is absolutely a farce though

@adiman6452 3 ай бұрын

American veto is the most ridiculous and yet Cameron is silent about it

@keithparlour2686 4 ай бұрын

Sry but,can we see any "point"in paying the lords to sit there and claim money for doin nothing apart from behaving like spoilt little brats

@michaelthomas-hq2fd 4 ай бұрын

This appalling individual, claiming to be a politician, should have been prosecuted for her monumental incompetence, which almost bankrupted the nation and wrecked individual lives. She should be banned from the Westminster Estate forever and forever. Amen and au revoir to the lettuce!

@LAMF24 4 ай бұрын

The same is said of the undemocratic clowns in the HoL.

@user-qp8vo3zv6z Ай бұрын

How awfully silly of me. I thought the U.S. France and the U.K. also had the right of veto. But now I know it's only Russia and China. Thank you lord Cameron.

@csharpe5787 4 ай бұрын

I think the biggest problem at the moment is the American Vita!😡

@Tee-bq2po 4 ай бұрын

Ha ha ha 😂😂😂😂

@anonymoushuman8962 4 ай бұрын

Genius comment by the labour peer.

@andrewmcgee382 4 ай бұрын

She adds greatly to the gaiety of Nations. and of course she is a valuablereminder to all voters of the likely consequences of voting Conservative.

@Alternative-ni5cg 4 ай бұрын

American and British veto on genocide is also very frustrating

@Chodney 4 ай бұрын

It's frustrating that you clearly don't pay any attention. The UK voted for a ceasefire.

@rjjcms1 4 ай бұрын

@@Chodney And have they got what they voted for?

@pkelly5149 4 ай бұрын

Ever thought for a moment that people out in the country don't see much of a purpose to you and all the other out of touch old duffers in that place ? Payments, expenses, subsidised food and drink. Nice gig if you can get it.

@dwbsai 4 ай бұрын

When you have a Russian veto and Chinese veto...what about the other three? They've been frustrating the world for decades...

@MichaelGill-eu1st 4 ай бұрын

So heartfelt and full of love.🌹

@paulperry7091 4 ай бұрын

That's a very eloquent silence after "...I can see the point of the United Nations." British humour at its subtlest.

@keithwilkins1437 4 ай бұрын

Politics and the House of Lords --------They know how its done ,they have seen it done ,but they can"t do it themselves .The prerogative of eunuchs everywhere . (Not my quote ,sadly .)

@jonathansmith5495 4 ай бұрын

Lord Grocott didn’t ask about the purpose of the UN. He asked Cameron about the purpose of Liz Truss, so Lord Cameron didn’t really answer the question. Lord Grocott had the grace not to push him on this, but I think it’s clear how they both felt.

@richardcummins5465 4 ай бұрын

Trouble is, when the Tories eventually get kicked out, most of them will just move over to a different asylum, the House of Lords!

@Slaindarr 3 ай бұрын

He didn't answer the question that was asked of him.

@philippesails4973 4 ай бұрын

Quite dramatic that the conservatives have nothing better that Cameron to be re-heated!

@user-sy6do1tg4c 4 ай бұрын

Who would trust Lord Cameron, he can’t even answer the question asked.

@JoopHbR 3 ай бұрын

In Lizz we trust 😂

@marcushinton772 4 ай бұрын

She is a female Trump and anyone buying her book should be taken into care

@olivierdk2 3 ай бұрын

The "discussions" for a trade agreement with Australia showed she was at best stupidly entitled or awfully undereducated. An american politician in the UK.

@Oodjamiflops 3 ай бұрын

we all are lmfao

@holgernielsen-ti8ej 4 ай бұрын

5 permanent members with veto power: China. France. Russian Federation. United Kingdom and United States of America. And yes that is frustration at times.