During her speech at the Conservative party conference, Liz Truss reminded body language expert Judi James of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair, respectively.
According to a body language expert, the Greenpeace protest that interrupted Liz Truss’s Tory party conference speech yesterday really “did her a few favors” and “broke the ice” for her.
Two climate activists interrupted Ms. Truss by shouting, “Who voted for this?” while holding a flag.
Judi James, a psychologist and expert in body language, told: “I believe she improved later.”
“I believe that the plaudits she received seemed to break the ice for her somewhat.
“At the beginning of the speech, she was not particularly good, but she improved afterward, which I believe did her some good.”
You must drill to discover her charisma.
Ms. James observed an instance in which Liz Truss stood at the podium as “quite robotic.”
“The smiles weren’t quite genuine,” she said, adding that Ms. Truss’s body language was “self-heckling” despite her efforts to portray herself as a powerful woman.
Ms. James stated that an “upturned V beneath the armpit” is an indication of confidence.
“Unfortunately, when we lack confidence, we tend to self-hug our elbows and arms towards our torso.
“And then you see these strange hand signals…
“This sort of thing, and especially with these anxious, spiky fingers, she managed to appear pretty confident, but there are subtle giveaways that suggest she may not be as confident as she appears.”
Ms. James stated, perhaps not surprisingly, that Ms. Truss aspired to mimic one of her predecessors, Margaret Thatcher.
In addition to her body language and manner of speech, she is channeling Margaret Thatcher.
She provided the example of Ms. Truss speaking in groups of three, a method also employed by the previous Conservative prime minister.
But then she displayed Tony Blair’s “thumb of power” “Ms. James also added.
Ms. James expresses some concern about this situation. She utilized it frequently at the conference.
Ms. James describes this gesture as outlining the scope of the problem by holding your hands apart, as if “moving bricks,” but says it must be completed by a “precision gesture” with one hand in front making a small grip, which demonstrates that you have a solution to the problems you outlined, which Ms. Truss did not do.
In conclusion
“She performed better than I anticipated she would. A bit of charisma is still lacking; she must play to her strengths rather than attempting to imitate others.”
