Moving on up? Just stop the pound going down, Liz City Voices: Truss’ speech showed she didn’t understand the causes of stagnant economic growth or has a credible plan to solve them Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2022
‘Chaotic’ Conservative party is ‘disintegrating before our eyes’, says David Dimbleby ‘I’ve never seen quite such chaos,’ said the former ‘Question Time’ presenter The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
First Thing: Biden administration angered by Opec+ oil output cut Senior figures see decision as slight on US and sign that oil producers’ club is aligning with Russia. Plus, can brown noise help you concentrate? The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
Liz Truss urges European leaders to 'keep lights on' this winter amid blackout fears Prime Minister Liz Truss holds talks with European leaders today as the National Grid was expected to present its outlook for the winter months Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022
Tory chair apologises for telling struggling people to just ‘get better-paid job’ Jake Berry offers regret over ‘clumsy’ remarks The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
This economic chaos is a form of class war on the British public Trussonomics is the sharp end. But other, structural factors are also driving a systemic assault on working people, says economics professor Daniela Gabor The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
The cracks in the Cult of the Dead Leader What worshipping Margaret Thatcher can’t do for UK Conservatives Financial Times · Oct 6, 2022
Tory chairman hits back at Dorries over call for Truss to change course Jake Berry says the former culture secretary is a ‘very fine Conservative’, but stands by the Government’s plans. The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Keir Starmer repeatedly refuses to back striking workers Labour leader repeats opposition to joining picket lines, as nursing union prepares to ballot members The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
‘This is getting weird’: Russell T Davies responds as Liz Truss wears same dress as Years and Years fascist Emma Thompson’s fictional PM wore strikingly similar dress as she introduced plans for concentration camps in the UK The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Truss calls Macron a ‘friend’ as she attends summit of European leaders PM joins first meeting of European Political Community but says visit is ‘not about moving closer to Europe’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022
Scottish Tories for Yes warn Truss she has no mandate in Scotland THE Scottish Conservative & Unionist Party for Yes group has stressed that Liz Truss has “no mandate in Scotland” as the Tories engulf the… The National (Scotland) · Oct 6, 2022
Liz Truss pleads with EU leaders to ‘keep the lights on’ this winter PM will ask European chiefs to keep gas and electricity interconnectors open amid supply fears The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
CMC Markets launches new trading platform -- Lord Cruddas silent on Liz Truss BORIS Johnson fan and Tory party donor Peter Cruddas was tight-lipped today on new PM Liz Truss. Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2022
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022 Starmer: Prime Minister is the destroyer of growth The Labour leader hit back at suggestions from Liz Truss that his party is part of an ‘anti-growth coalition’.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022 Here’s a plan for green King Charles: sell the family silver and use the cash to save the planet He’s spent his life sniping from the sidelines. Now he has the power to make radical environmental reforms, says former Guardian environment editor John Vidal
The National (Scotland) · Oct 6, 2022 Nadine Dorries says Liz Truss is 'lurching to the right' FORMER cabinet minister Nadine Dorries has said Liz Truss needs to change course or the Prime Minister will risk leading the Tories to a landslide…
Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022 Tory party 'tearing themselves to pieces' in 'world's biggest pantomime' The Conservative party annual conference saw ministers turning on one another as new Prime Minister Liz Truss 'p***** off' her party and the country rumbled through crisis after crisis
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022 Liz Truss meets European leaders in Prague as Irish deputy PM says NI protocol ‘a little too strict’ – as it happened PM is attending European Political Community meeting amid hope over thawing in Northern Ireland standoff
Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2022 Chaos, counter briefings and infighting – inside the Tory conference Looking back at sixties California from the vantage point of murky 1971, Hunter S Thompson climbed a hill in nearby Las Vegas and looked West. "With the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark" he wrote. "That place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.”
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022 Tory members ‘subjected to disgusting homophobic abuse’ at LGBT event Several attendees removed for allegedly hurling insults
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2022 There is now a way for the UK to rebuild its bridges with the EU – Labour should take the lead A new community could help to bring EU countries closer to the rest of Europe, says Lorenzo Marsili
Daily Mirror · Oct 6, 2022 Households to lose £2 in 'stealth' tax raid for every £1 gained under Liz Truss's plans The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found households will lose more over the next three years than they will gain from Tory cuts to personal taxes
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022 Councils: Delay social care reforms as sector faces ‘perfect storm’ in next year Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng said the national insurance hike that was to be used to pay for the measures will be reversed from November.
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022 Britons face £500 hike in mortgage payments due to ‘kamikaze’ budget, Labour warns Liz Truss is ‘destroyer of growth’, says Labour leader