Rachel Reeves skewered by Liz Truss on GB News with 'out of touch' jibe

Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has made it glaringly obvious that she didn't want to come face-to-face with Rachel Reeves.

Speaking on GB News' The Late Show LIVE with Bev Turner, Truss was told that Reeves was also in town, prompting the former PM to say: "I managed to avoid her, I'm pleased to say."

Truss explained that she had discovered they would be in the same location while she was on the plane. She said: "I'd forgotten to be honest, it was the IMF. I'm not a fan of the IMF, the world bank and all these international bodies that are out of touch frankly with the rest of the world.

"So it was no surprise that Rachel Reeves, who is one of their true believers, was here."

She was asked about her references to the "deep state", adding: "You've talked about the deep state, you've talked about how you were hounded out of office by forces beyond your control. Is she part of that?"

Truss added: "Correct, she is." She went on to explain that it was the Bank of England who were responsible for the market crisis in 2022, which she said they admitted.

The former PM claimed they were "in cahoots with the IMF, the world bank, Joe Biden," adding: "And Rachel Reeves is part of that way of thinking."

But she fumed that Reeves' support of more taxes, more regulation, net zero is a model that "isn't working". Truss claimed that the only country moving ahead is the US.

She claimed there is a problem with the "left-wing economists being in charge".

GB News fans rushed to the comments to weigh in on Truss' fury as one user wrote: "100% correct... Truss was hounded out by the WEF and Bank of England. That's a fact."

Another said: "She's spot on... I fear that it's too late to turn it around."

Truss went on to say in 2022 she wanted to try and "escape economic stagnation" that had taken place from 2000. She added: "We've got it wrong for thirty years," continuing: "Frankly, the Conservatives did not change that. We didn't reverse the Tony Blair stuff."

She said that her problem in office was that she didn't have the support of the Conservative Party.