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Liz Truss has a book out.\xa0

It's what you do when you have been Prime Minister, even though she was only Prime Minister for about three and a half minutes.\xa0

Slight digression - I am going to be fascinated to see how they promote Jacinda Ardern's book when it finally arrives.\xa0

My assessment of her legacy is that it is increasingly dark and as the cold, hard economic reality of what she left behind is heaped upon us, more and more New Zealanders have realised how badly she duped us.\xa0

In a Meghan Markle-esque kind of way she is not to be seen anywhere, just heard from occasionally through reports of speeches at conferences as she is adored by the luvvies offshore.\xa0

I find it hard to believe the publicists would place her in Whitcoulls for a signing.\xa0

Anyway, back to Liz. The sad thing for Liz is she makes a very, very good point when she suggests the West has about a decade to reassert itself and grab back everything it has lost of late.\xa0

Whether it\u2019s a decade, who knows. But in a very short space of time China has become something we didn\u2019t really see coming. They are not the world's friend, unless of course you do things their way.\xa0

They need to engage with us, but don\u2019t like or trust us. They spy, they infiltrate, and they exert influence in increasing areas by way of money in pockets. Look at Africa or, increasingly, the Pacific. \xa0\xa0

They are helping Russia in the war.\xa0

Speaking of Russia, they're another problem. The International Monetary Fund this week tells us they will grow economically this year more than any other major economy on Earth. Pick any country you like in Europe, the UK, Australia, Canada, Britain, the U.S, they will beat everyone.\xa0

How? Domestic consumption and oil. Who are they selling oil to? The Chinese and the Indians. While the West has talked tough and rolled out sanctions Russia has kept growing and China has kept growing. BRICS is another grouping that\u2019s growing and is one to watch.\xa0

Liz Truss is seen as a failure of a Prime Minister but on this she is worth listening to. She is more productive out of the office than in it and, most importantly, she is right.\xa0

The West are losing.\xa0

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