Kwasi Kwarteng thinks Liz Truss will be gone in weeks

[brooklynite]

The Times of London

Kwasi Kwarteng believes that Liz Truss has bought herself just “a few weeks” by sacking him and reversing her budget because the “wagons are circling” on the end of her premiership.

The prime minister mounted a desperate attempt for survival as she told her chancellor that he had to go to restore market confidence and also reversed her pledge to freeze corporation tax.

In a sign of her political weakness she turned to the former foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt, a Rishi Sunak supporter who was excluded when she named her cabinet last month, to succeed Kwarteng as chancellor.

Hunt will have to draw up plans to balance the government books before a fiscal statement at the end of the month. Forecasts by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility are said to be “dire” and suggest that there will be a £60 billion hole in the public finances by 2026-27.

[GenThePerservering]

1. She's gonna beat George Canning

For shortness of prime ministership.

She's like a dollar store Thatcher (or I guess a Pound Land).

[vanlassie]

2. Which will last longer? Truss or a head of lettuce?

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[brooklynite]

3. Well, Truss is still subsidizing energy costs, so they'll be able to keep the fridge running...

[vanlassie]

4. Mmmm. Either lights and fridge or....heat!