Watch: Liz Truss skewered over questions on government links to ‘authoritarian’ Saudi Arabia
"We are not dealing with a perfect world," Truss said as she faced tough questions over Jamal Khashoggi's death and Saudi Arabia's human rights record.
"We are not dealing with a perfect world," Truss said as she faced tough questions over Jamal Khashoggi's death and Saudi Arabia's human rights record.
"Listening to Liz Truss trying to defend her Protocol Bill would be comedy gold if the matter wasn't so serious", Stephen Farry said.
"I'm sorry, if you're the British Foreign Secretary the least you could do is know how to pronounce the Head of Government of your next door neighbour."
It was also pointed out that she couldn't pronounce the name of the country she was filming from.
"Meet Liz Truss: Tory MP for Little Clue," wrote one person to her response.
"Is Liz Truss auditioning for Tory leadership or The Handmaid's Tale?"
“Now is the time to end the culture of self-doubt, the constant self-questioning and introspection, the ludicrous debates about language, statues and pronouns," she said.
Truss also had to apologise after incorrectly accusing a Labour MP of supporting amendments to legislation that she said made it harder to bring in sanctions.
Charlene White has been lauded for her interview with Liz Truss about the government's Ukrainian refugee policy.
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