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Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss to launch ‘free speech’ social media platform
(www.thelondoneconomic.com)
Oh, sod off, Liz...
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2025
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Jesus, this woman is desperate to stretch out her 15 minutes. How sad
LettuceConnect
I remember Lizz Truss. For a short time I could winge about the conservative party to cab drivers without any fear that they would agree with them.
One of the good things about the UK is Trump style behaviour does not work here for long. Unfortunately it's more of an objection to incompetence than bigotry but that's life
Didn't that Trump style behavior convince you guys to leave the EU?
Not really, the politicians with a Trumpian style (Johnson and Truss) came after brexit and got there because of the polarisation caused by brexit (and had the example of Trump himself). There was definitely a lot of lying and false claims that were used by the leave campaign in order to get brexit and it shared some similarities with Trump, but it wasnt politics in the the style of being completely divorced from reality and overwhelming incompetance that defines Trump.
Yes but if you bring up that fact, they can’t act self righteous
Truss Social?
sounds like an ad for a hernia strap!
Lettuce social.
So, do you guys think that her social media platform will last longer or less than a piece of lettuce?
A lettuce probably has more leaves than her platform will have users.
Hahaha!
Stupid cunt.
Good. Spread the fascists out on too many shitty platforms for them to organize well.
Another badly executed neoliberal neocon shithole predicated on open-source tech and standards yay!
~bre~X~it~ v2: Economic Crash Boogaloo
Why I ask ?
Money
Hasn‘t she embarrassed herself about by now?
Haven't you heard? She isn't the type to give up.
Fully expecting this to be like Truth Social, based off fediverse software with no attribution and no federation.
Truss Social?
Last I checked the UK has no guarantees of free speech.
They do for the freedom of expression, as do most EU countries:
Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers. This Article shall not prevent States from requiring the licensing of broadcasting, television or cinema enterprises.
The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subject to such formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society, in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary.
We both know that this kind of nuanced take isn't was Truss is aiming for, though. Otherwise she wouldn't use the "free speech" canard.
Just like every other supposed "free speech" platform, eh? How'd that all work out?
Feel like I've seen this one before
"Lettuce Speak".
"Lettuce Speak Freely"
Every "free speech" platform is, in reality, a "speech I like" platform.
Every “free speech” platform is, in reality, a hate speech platform.
Same same.
You'll need to make new account every 49 days
Another disinformation paradise. Go for it.
Is she going for the record for shortest-lived social media platform too now?
Gonna be tough to beat mixer. I think she can pull it off.
Less than on Scaramouche, I bet.