The Brexit revolution devours its children
As Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng lose authority and control, the Tories’ divisions can be traced back to the EU…
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How Liz Truss crashed to earth
By waging a culture war against reality, the government has made the UK economy one of the most unstable in…
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Levelling up was never going to happen
The government’s mini-Budget confirmed what we already knew.
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Liz Truss has forgotten Brexit’s only important lesson – don’t ignore ordinary voters
In a democracy, the public’s reaction to policies does matter, in moral and practical terms.
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“We get it”: even the government uses the hollow language of corporate branding
Kwasi Kwarteng’s U-turn message affects a humanity and compassion that isn’t really there.
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Kwasi Kwarteng’s speech only revealed his contradictions
The Chancellor couldn’t decide whether the Tories had ended the UK’s decline or merely accelerated it.
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How does the UK’s 45p income tax rate compare internationally?
There are 10 European countries with higher top tax rates than Britain.
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Fear and loathing at the Tory conference
With the big names staying away and Liz Truss desperately defending her policies, a mood of despair pervades this year's…
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How long will Kwasi Kwarteng last?
The intellectually confident Chancellor will rely on his own instincts rather than economic advisers. But that may be his downfall.
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Liz Truss’s tax U-turn is even worse for her than it looks
Her whole philosophy is based on incentives for the rich.
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Will Liz Truss’s U-turn on the 45p tax rate be enough to save her premiership?
At the Tory conference there are signs of discontent almost everywhere.
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The true cost of Liz Truss’s energy plan is dizzying
It may provide a quick boost for the new Prime Minister, but her intervention could prolong the cost-of-living crisis for…
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Delaying the OBR report will backfire on the government
Truss and Kwarteng are showing how callous their disregard for economic reality is.
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Is this the end of the Tory era?
Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have handed Labour its biggest poll lead in decades – and Conservative MPs are terrified.
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Faced with economic reality, Liz Truss insists it’s everyone else who is wrong
If only markets understood the very clever pro-growth plan, none of this would have happened.
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Can Liz Truss survive?
The PM is marching on in defiant hope – but the ruthless Conservative machine may eject her if there is…
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Who pays for Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s mess? Welfare claimants, as always
The government’s giveaway to the rich may be matched by real-terms cuts to benefits for the poorest and most vulnerable.
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Zombie capitalism is unravelling
This crisis is a symptom of a broken model that relied on ultra-low rates to compensate for anaemic growth.
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The first stirrings of rebellion against Liz Truss
The riotous market response to the mini-Budget has, for some Tory MPs, destroyed the PM’s authority as party leader.
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Plato was wrong about “philosopher kings” – just look at Kwasi Kwarteng
The swift consequences of the Chancellor’s textbook ideology prove that leaders can’t rule from the head alone.
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