now on bbc news it s time for political thinking with nick robinson. the woman who became our foreign secretary just 12 weeks ago is the daughter of an anti nuclear campaigner who took her on sitings of american missiles in britain. and as liz truss told me the last time she appeared on political thinking, she also used to chant on the streets of scotland. this week, she gave an important speech in which she criticised those in what she called fashionable circles for being ashamed of our past and too doubtful about the future. it s sort of plain speaking that makes her a favourite amongst tory activists and was dubbed the new mrs t. liz truss, welcome back to political thinking. great to be here. do you remember what you said to me about diplomacy last time we sat in the studio? i ve completely forgotten, nick. i m not very diplomatic. how does it feel being the country s top diplomat? i think it depends on the way you interpret the word diplomacy . i think what i was gett
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at is i m somebody who likes to speak my mind. i m clear about what i think and i m not going to trim my messages for the audience. and i think that quality can be useful in foreign policy when we face, at the moment, a situation with a very aggressive russia, when we face challenges for the free world in terms of our fundamental beliefs in things like freedoms and democracy. maybe now is not the time for a diplomat. old fashioned ideas of diplomacy schmoozing, telling people what they want to hear, perhaps, constructive ambiguity. have they all gone? i fully approve of the schmoozing part because you do have to get to know your colleagues, you have to be. modern diplomacy is now about whatsapp as much as ambassadors parties. building trust, so even with some of the most and that s absolutely core to the job. tell me how it felt, because you weren t expecting to be foreign secretary. you stride up the amazing staircase and that extraordinary building. how did it feel? i wa
this evening. before that, she talks political thinking with the bbc s nick robinson. the woman who became our foreign secretaryjust the woman who became our foreign secretary just 12 weeks ago the woman who became our foreign secretaryjust 12 weeks ago is the daughter of an anti nuclear claim pain or gets the siting of american missiles in britain. and as liz truss told me the last time she appeared on political thinking, she also used to chant on the streets of scotland. this week, she gave an important speech in which she criticised those and what she called fashionable circles for being ashamed of our past and too doubtful about the future. it s sort of plain speaking that makes her a favourite amongst tory activists and was dubbed the new mrs t. liz truss, welcome back to political thinking. great to be here. do you remember what you said to me about diplomacy last time we sat in the studio? i ve completely forgotten, nick. i’m last time we sat in the studio? i ve comp