Former PM Liz Truss has taken a brave stance against an unexpected target – the much-loved London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.
In a new interview with US right-wing commentator Ben Shapiro, the UK’s shortest-serving Prime Minister suggests an ‘elite that hates Britain’ was behind the event.
Oscar-winner Danny Boyle directed the spectacular show that kicked off the summer games in London 13 years ago.
His work covered a broad sweep of British culture, from the Industrial Revolution and children’s literature to Shakespeare and Mr Bean.
But it was one section in particular that really wound up Shapiro – the celebration of the National Health Service.
Speaking to Truss, he said the UK is suffering from ‘an incredible shyness about championing what Britain is and what it historically has been’.
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He continued: ‘What comes to mind here is when Britain hosted the Olympics, and there was an entire display about the NHS. A gigantic display of dancing syringes and such for the National Health Service.
‘This is the country that brought the world the Magna Carta, free speech, Parliament – these are all concepts that built the modern world, all of it.
‘And what they chose to celebrate was a giant welfare system that has many women giving birth in hallways.’
Truss responded by assuring him: ‘The views expressed in the Olympics ceremony are not the views of the average Briton.
‘The problem is we have an elite that hates Britain, and they have done for some time.’
She mentions Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer as being among the members of this ‘elite’ who want to ‘help the human rights of anyone who doesn’t live in Britain’.
You can watch the exchange below from 3:04.
