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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
National
Steph Paton

Truss administration has shattered the Tory myth of economic competence

WITH the value of the pound falling faster than a slice of buttered toast determined to leave a stain on the carpet, I thank my lucky stars every day that we don’t have to deal with the chaos that would have been unleashed had the other guys won at the last election.

Thankfully, the strong and stable Conservatives are here to keep the economy on track and take the fight to the cultural Marxists. Or so the myth goes …

I’m not one to overreact to fluctuations in the value of the pound. Often, it seems like a banker stubbing their toe on a coffee table with sufficient force is enough to cause the markets to panic, never mind any genuinely progressive policy that threatens the power of the elite. But when the Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is out necking champagne with the financiers making a fortune from his apocalyptic mini-Budget, that’s a very different situation indeed.

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