we are joined now by george monbiot. is an author, guardian columnist, and environmental activist. one of his recent pieces is headlined, "britain faces crisis upon crisis, and our leaders are absent. this is how a country falls apart." george, welcome back to democracy now! why don't you start off by telling us who liz truss is and talk about the country she will now head. >> thank you, amy. that is a good question. i have never seen yone so uncomfortable in her own skin, so apparently ill at ease with herself. every gesture, everything she says seems to be mannered and staged. so the real liz truss, it is very hard to discern that person behind the person who is clearly practiced every move in the mayor -- mirror. that applies to her politics. she seems to adopt whatever policy she thinks is going to find neighbor with the audience she is speaking to. the terrifying thing about the passive britain's democracy, when the conservatives are in power and they lose their prime minister, the new prime minister is chosen only