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Feb 4 6 tweets 2 min read
There it is …. 👇🏼
Truss says she's not blameless but points to,
- her party
- the Treasury
- the public
- even the US President
for not giving her ideas as fair crack of the whip...
- and don't forget her predecessors or the current PM
From front page (can't see full text yet), Truss is defiant about her principles and points finger at those who disagreed with her, altho she does admit to some mistakes
Unless, it's buried on the inside of the paper, not much sign of remorse or regret for the people who lost out because of market reaction to her plan... and while she chucks blame at the Treasury and the OBR, she sacked its top official, and didn't involve the OBR
Not entirely sure how bond traders in the mighty financial markets that recoiled at plans for unfunded tax cuts will respond to being described as the left wing economic orthodoxy
LOTS of chat about this on #bbclaurak in the morn, but last thought - there is strong appetite for Truss-type ideology, low taxes + slashing regulation, inside the Conservative Party, but will be interesting to see if the way she's started this debate tonight will help that cause

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