Liz Truss will go down in history as one of the worst-ever UK Prime Ministers. In less than two months in post, she nearly crashed the economy and turned the country into an international laughing stock.
Her Government’s disastrous mini-budget saw her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng try to stuff money into the pockets of the rich with a series of unfunded tax cuts. The markets revolted and the economy was sent into a £30billion tailspin.
Many of the public spending cuts currently being pushed through are designed to correct the mistakes of her shocking tenure. Anyone with an ounce of self-respect would have issued an immediate apology, followed by a prolonged period of silence.
