Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss returns to Mark Larson Unfiltered to tell her side of the 49 days that ended her premiership. In her new book, Bank Job: How the Bank of England Broke the Bond Market and Brought Down the Government, Truss argues that the 2022 market crisis blamed on her budget was driven by the Bank of England's own moves — the start of quantitative tightening and a poorly regulated pension market — and that Britain's unelected institutions hold too much power.

Mark and Liz also revisit her 2024 book, Ten Years to Save the West: whether the clock is speeding up, what's driving unrest across Europe, migration and free speech in Britain, the roles of China and Russia, the 2028 US race, when the Russia-Ukraine war might end, and the extraordinary days when Queen Elizabeth II appointed her and died two days later. Plus: why she says she's "not going away."

Recorded at the San Diego Air & Space Museum studios.

Liz Truss's books:

Bank Job: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1918396426

Ten Years to Save the West: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1684515513

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Chapters:

00:00 Welcome back, Liz Truss

00:45 Two books, and the 49-day premiership

02:04 What really caused the 2022 bond crisis

06:44 Why Britain's problems matter to Americans

09:43 As Europe goes, so goes the US?

13:19 Is the 10-year clock speeding up?

17:21 China, Russia and stoking division

18:27 Calling out communism

21:00 Midterms, socialism and Gen Z

23:21 Looking ahead to 2028: Vance, Rubio and more

25:07 When will the Russia-Ukraine war end?

25:59 The Queen's death and the knives come out

28:04 "I'm not going away"

29:05 Wrap-up and where to find the books