Showing posts with label Kwasi Kwarteng. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kwasi Kwarteng. Show all posts
Thursday, July 20, 2023

Truss and Kwarteng Given More Than £16,000 Each after Leaving Office

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THE GUARDIAN: Severance pay for former PM and chancellor equal to about £400 for every day they held roles, accounts show Liz Truss and Kw...
Tuesday, December 06, 2022

Mini-budget an ‘International Embarrassment’ Says NatWest Boss

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THE GUARDIAN: UK’s reputation ‘scarred’, Howard Davies tells staff, as he also warns of government plans to boost competitiveness Liz Trus...
Sunday, October 16, 2022

Michael Lambert: The Disastrous Incompetence of Truss and Kwarteng

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You can support Michael Lambert by buying his book here . It's a satrical look at Brexit.
Friday, October 14, 2022

How ‘Knives of the Long Night’ Led to Brutally Swift Kwarteng Sacking

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THE GUARDIAN: The chancellor was dispatched soon after touching down, but Tory colleagues were not convinced that was enough to save the PM ...

Jeremy Hunt Replaces Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor of the Exchequer

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"The Prime Minister is now the prisoner of the markets." Jeremy Hunt will be the fourth chancellor of the exchequer in four mont...

Liz Truss Sacks Kwasi Kwarteng ahead of Corporation Tax U-turn

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THE GUARDIAN: Chancellor shares letter saying he has accepted prime minister’s request for him ‘to stand aside’ In the letter, Kwarteng ar...

Scottish Tory Leader Gets Laughed At in Awful Question Time Appearance

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Douglas Ross had a rough time on Question Time, getting slated by the panel and audience for trying to defend Liz Truss' government. I...

Professor Tim Wilson: Kwasi Is Hurrying Back and Liz Is Trying to Save Her Sinking Ship

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Oh dear oh dear Brilliant, Prof! This cloud does have a silver lining though: This catastrophe has exposed the erroneous notion that only ...
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

IMF Criticises Kwarteng Again over Tax Cuts and Energy Package

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THE GUARDIAN: Fund says chancellor’s measures have made Bank of England’s battle against inflation more difficult Kwasi Kwarteng has come ...

Professor Tim Wilson: Kwarteng and Truss Have Cheated the Nation

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If thee are plans we can see them now- we don’t need to wait till the end of the month! Personally I do not think these plans exist.
Sunday, October 09, 2022

Wirtschaftspolitik wie von gestern schadet nur

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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Mehrere europäische Länder orientieren sich im 21. Jahrhundert an historischen Ideen, die aus der Zeit gefal...
Saturday, October 08, 2022

Truth To Power: Truss and Kwarteng Are Merely Useful Idiots.

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Now that the ringmaster, Boris Johnson, has gone - in the Tory circus, the lions are eating the clowns. As the UK economy faces economic c...

Liz Truss Shows Off Her Incompetence with a Pathetic Speech to Conference

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In her speech to a room full of the party faithful at the Conservative Party Conference, Liz Truss talked nonsense for 25 minutes about how ...
Tuesday, October 04, 2022

Liz Truss: The Oligarch’s Prime Minister | George Monbiot

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Welcome to Oligarch Island You can donate to DDN here . I wouldn't trust Truss further than I could throw her, nor that quasi chance...
Monday, October 03, 2022

Tax U-turn Wins Truss Some Time but Damage to Credibility Remains

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THE GUARDIAN: PM said she was prepared to make unpopular decisions – but then buckled, so now she will be seen as both unpopular and wrong ...

Liz Truss Abandons Plan to Scrap 45p Top Rate of Income Tax amid Tory Revolt

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THE GUARDIAN: Government makes U-turn over proposal to abolish top-rate tax cut after growing backlash over mini-budget Liz Truss and Kwas...
Sunday, October 02, 2022

Cost of Living Crisis Worsens in UK; Liz Truss's Approval Ratings Plunge | World News | WION

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It has been barely a month since Liz Truss took over the reins from Boris Johnson as the UK’s Prime Minister and it seems that she is alread...

Kwasi Kwarteng ‘Attended Champagne Party with Financiers on Mini-budget Day’

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THE GUARDIAN: Guests, which included hedge fund managers, allegedly congratulated the chancellor and told him to ‘double down’ Two source...
Saturday, October 01, 2022

Voters Abandon Tories as Faith in Economic Competence Dives

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THE OBSERVER: Conservative MPs urge Liz Truss’s removal from No 10 after poll reveals British public’s fury over tax plans Liz Truss on Sa...

Kwasi Kwarteng: An Eton Tough Nut with Legendary Self-confidence

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THE GUARDIAN: Stories of the under-fire chancellor’s self-assurance abound. Colleagues see him as unlikely to back down without a fight K...