Truss and the Gods of the Copybook Headings
Paul Goodman
“It’s worth pausing to take in the scale of how radically our new Prime Minister may be willing to break with the Thatcher-Cameron continuum, and a Conservative consensus that has held for the best part of half a century.”
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Do you feel lucky, Mr Chancellor?
William Atkinson
“This mini-budget was Trussonomics at its purest. If it pays off, it will be the biggest vindication of economic liberalism since Thatcher at her best. But that is a big if.”
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Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Kwarteng unchained recalls Lawson in his pomp
Andrew Gimson
“Not since Lawson has there been a Tory Chancellor who communicates such ebullient intellectual confidence, and such scorn for his critics.”
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Thatcher knew timing in politics is key. Truss can afford to be unpopular – for now.
Harry Phibbs
“Free market reforms need to be bold and implemented rapidly if they are to have the best chance of being a proven success by the next General Election.”
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The Reaganite recipe can help boost growth, but must be tailored to our circumstances
Ryan Bourne
“There’s an obvious precedent for the sorts of pro-growth policies that Truss is offering: that of Ronald Reagan and his supply-side revolution.”
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A Meloni government would set Rome on a collision course with the EU
Stephen Booth
“Italy heads to the polls on Sunday. It is likely to be another illustration of the uneasy relationship between the country’s volatile democratic politics and the strictures of Brussels’ political and economic orthodoxy.”
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Now we have a new leader, we must change the rules for future contests
Dr Andrew Murrison MP
“Though it has long since been overshadowed by the death of Her Majesty and the progress of the war in Ukraine, the Conservative leadership contest was horrible. It was too long, too combative, and too expensive.”
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Our visit to Kyiv, meeting with Zelensky, and my sense of the opportunities and dangers ahead.
Bob Seely MP
“Support for Ukraine must not waver, but we must not be blind to the risks – but instead seek to manage them as best we can.”
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“Trickle-down economics” is a left-wing fantasy. Truss is right to point that out.
William Atkinson
“A spirited defence of cutting taxes is a welcome change from a Conservative Prime Minister.”
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Andrew Gimson
“The Business Secretary stood outside a pub and proclaimed his support for vitality, prosperity, and commerce.”