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Washington, D.C. – March 05, 2025 – Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss took the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on February 20, 2025, delivering a stark assessment of the United Kingdom’s current state.
Speaking to a modest audience at the National Harbor in Maryland, Truss claimed that Britain is "becoming a failed state" and urged for a Donald Trump-inspired "MAGA-style movement" to reverse its decline.
Truss, whose 49-day tenure as prime minister in 2022 ended in economic turmoil, blamed Britain’s woes on an unaccountable "deep state" comprising unelected bureaucrats, judges, and quangos (quasi-autonomous non-governmental organizations).
"The British state is failing," she asserted, pointing to reforms under former PM Tony Blair that she argued shifted power away from elected politicians. "Judges are making decisions that should be made by politicians," she said, decrying what she sees as a loss of democratic control.
Her speech, delivered to a room reported to be less than half full, also teased the launch of a "Free Speech Media Network" to counter the "Britain Bashing Corporation"—her term for the BBC—and challenge the leftist ideologies she claims dominate the UK. Truss painted a grim picture of Britain under its current Labour government, calling it a "dark age" overseen by "socialist commissars."
The address drew mixed reactions. While some CPAC attendees welcomed her call for a populist uprising, others expressed confusion over her presence, with one reportedly asking, "Who is Liz Truss?" Critics in the UK, including Labour and Liberal Democrats, have dismissed her remarks as conspiracy-laden, accusing her of pandering to America’s far-right.
Truss’s appearance underscores her ongoing pivot toward international conservative circles following her electoral defeat in 2024, raising questions about her political future and influence. CPAC continues through February 22, with Donald Trump slated to speak on Saturday.