February 5, 2023

Liz Truss: I was never given 'realistic chance' to enact tax-cuts

Source: BBC News

"Liz Truss has said she was never given a "realistic chance" to implement her radical tax-cutting agenda by her party.

In a 4,000-word essay in the Sunday Telegraph, Ms Truss stood by her plans to boost economic growth, arguing they were brought down by "the left-wing economic establishment".

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Her brief time in power - 49 days - made her the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history.

Ms Truss said that while her experience last autumn was "bruising for me personally", she believed that over the medium term her policies would have increased growth and therefore brought down debt."

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64527252

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The headline in the Torygraph is peak delusion - "the left wing economic establishment". Britain would be on course for the sunlit uplands of Brexit had it not been for those pinko investment bankers and commie currency traders...