‘Very-right wing’ comedian Joe Lycett shares advice for Liz Truss in 100 per cent sincere tweet

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Joe Lycett has continued to offer prime minister and “babe” Liz Truss his absolutely 100 per cent sincere support.

Lycett, who is famously “very right-wing and loving it”, tried to instil some confidence in Truss, whose less-than-a-month-old government saw the pound plunge to unprecedented lows on Monday (26 September).

The pound dropped to $1.03 after Truss’s finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng slashed taxes, paying for them with the biggest borrowing increase since 1972, but the ever-optimistic Lycett simply told the prime minister in a tweet: “Hold ur nerve babe u got this xoxo.”

You are incredibly right wing Joe and I love it.

— Jud (@JudSlochet) September 26, 2022

Lycett’s followers were thrilled to have been served their “daily cup of mischievous joy”, with one tweeting: “I am also extremely right wing and hope she is OK. DM me if you need babe @trussliz.”

“Seeing Truss as PM is like seeing an elephant at the top of a tree,” said another.

“You have no idea how it got there but you know it won’t be there very long.”

Joe's #torytrolling is just