We can avoid getting into an argument about whether or not the Government’s plan is an industrial strategy. The Conservative Party has got rather hung up on that term.
When a minister comes under attack from the parliamentary lobby, petty allegations are treated as monstrous crimes.
In a politics over-stocked with PPE graduates from Oxford, she has shown that a Liverpudlian who left school at 16 can triumph.
Rather than an ideological approach, these four ideals – pragmatism, stewardship, One Nation and empowerment – should be the foundations of Conservative economic policy.
The tax-cutters have tested their established strategies to destruction. When they got their woman into Downing Street, it took just 45 days for their agenda to crash-and-burn.
Two months ago, I warned that you could ignore Truss’s campaign pledges, and that her premiership would herald higher taxes, more borrowing, and spending cuts. Unfortunately, I have been entirely vindicated.
The thought of watching Truss perform like this week after week is for Tory MPs unbearable.
At a macro-level, it reinforces prudence and affordability. But at a micro-level, it can be an obstacle to speed, efficiency and innovation.
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.
For the first time since 1979, we saw a Tory PM enter office who believes in an economic doctrine and is not afraid to preach it.
But there are truths in life – for example, that a stich in time saves nine, beggars can’t be choosers…and that you can’t spend more than your earn. His premiership ends with record spending and taxes.
The author compares politics to a game of snakes and ladders, but demonstrates that it is actually far harder than that.
The second part of a mini-series on ConservativeHome this week about how the Government can help Britain’s economy to grow faster.