This Newsnight takedown of Kwasi Kwarteng was so brutal you could almost feel sorry for him
Chancellor for 15 minutes Kwasi Kwarteng was on Newsnight on Tuesday night to pick over the rubble of the Conservative party’s election defeat (and no, he wasn’t wearing a T-shirt with his face on it).
Kwarteng’s not in government any more, obviously, and he’s not even an MP either. Which got his fellow guest, climate activist Mikaela Loach thinking and her takedown was so brutal you could almost feel sorry for him.
Mikaela Loach to Kwasi Kwarteng: “It feels like, for the Conservatives, like politics is just like a game. I also feel like, for you, why are you here? You’re no longer in politics. Why are you choosing to come here?”#Newsnight pic.twitter.com/AKzl1YJCnA
— David (@Zero_4) July 9, 2024
And just in case you were thinking of feeling sorry for him, watch this.
Mikaela Loach, “I’m not sure we should be taking advice from someone who crashed the economy in a few days” @mikaelaloach
Kwasi Kwarteng, “Yeah hahahah I’m not I’m not I’m not I I I I I I I know you want to do all that political stuff.. We’re here to have a broad discussion..… pic.twitter.com/UQsicHGijQ
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) July 9, 2024
‘All that political stuff.’ Like people’s lives and everything. LOL.
And here’s what people made of all that.
She is not wrong! Why is he there? I don’t know of any other profession where an utter and total failure would be invited to give views on the thing that they spectacularly messed up. Bizarre.
— Tony (@bigtoekne) July 9, 2024
The real question is, why did they invite him?? Are they taking the piss?!
— Jo Loveridge (@jojoloveridge) July 10, 2024
Asking Tories “Why are you here??” is exactly the sort of energy I’m looking for over the next five years. https://t.co/lx4E5hCsZA
— Frances Ryan (@DrFrancesRyan) July 10, 2024
He came across as always as incredibly arrogant and incredibly out of his depth…. Can the BBC please stop giving a failed politician a platform, why do we need opinion from somone that failed to do even a near competent job
— Clifford K (@holte) July 9, 2024
Perfect
Some would struggle not to chase that joker off the set but she managed to make that point as nicely as is possible
Great point
— Karl Penter (@KarlPenter) July 9, 2024
He had his arse handed to him though, didn’t he? Glorious to watch the female on the panel question his appearance, AGAIN, given his record! #KwasiKwarteng #Newsnight
— Ruth Badley (@RuthBadleyPR) July 9, 2024
Kwarteng makes out like this is ancient history and it’s somehow churlish of Mikaela to bring it up but it was less than 2 years ago and there are literally millions in the UK paying hundreds more on their mortgages as a direct result of him and Truss. Totally fair to mention it. https://t.co/ObFpuh3mf3
— Mark Thompson (@MarkReckons) July 10, 2024
To conclude …
Ooooo touchy Kwarteng!! pic.twitter.com/sFz3M5T3yC
— Miffy (@miffythegamer) July 9, 2024
And this.
Brilliant – I loved it – WELL DONE MIKAELA
— Julie Reed (@JulieRe87447594) July 9, 2024
