PM Liz Truss Called for Monarchy To Be Abolished in 1994: ‘We Do Not Believe that People Should Be Born to Rule’
‘We believe in fairness and common sense’
Sep 9, 2022 2:30 AM
By Grabien Staff
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TRUSS: "We came across a group of three people. I’d say they were around 50, 60. Looked fairly middle class, rather smart. In fact, rather reactionary, to be perfectly frank.
[Laughter]
We asked them their opinion of the monarchy. Do you know what they said? They said, 'Abolish them! We’ve had enough!'
[Applause]
But believe it or not, conference, they didn’t say this once. We met another group of people, and another group of people, and all three groups of people said. 'Abolish the monarchy.' In fact, conference, we couldn’t find a single monarchist outside the Royal Pavilion. How ironic!
[Applause]
I believe that the disillusioned of Brighton should have a chance to vote on this issue, because I believe, like most Liberal Democrats, in democracy. Democracy with a capital D.”
