a test of her leadership and so as wednesday afternoon turned to evening, i wanted an assessment of how she had done in week so far. few people are better plugged in to the tory mps than the daily telegraph s christopher hope. his newsletter and podcast and whatsapp are full of the thoughts of mps and i pulled together some clips from the week to show him. i have decided the basic rate i of income tax will remain 20%. look at the mask on liz truss s face. this isjeremy hunt dismantling everything liz truss has been saying. it is a political disembowelment i have never seen in 20 years covering british politics. my teenage children would say #awks. who is to blame for this mess? first of all, i want to accept responsibility and say sorry| for the mistakes i have been made. the first time we heard the word sorry from liz truss. i would say about time.
i am livid and i really shouldn t say this but i hope all those people that put liz truss in number 10, i hope it was worth it, for the ministerial red box, i hope it was worth it to sit round the cabinet table, because the damage they have done to our party is extraordinary. the conservative mpjohnny mercer retweeted that video adding, f me, he has nailed it, every word. maria caulfield wrote:. the confusion deepened further after reports that chief whip and deputy whip were saying they had resigned we were then told they hadn t. the bbc news at ten wanted to clear one thing up. is this government functioning in any meaningful way? no. this day when the government was self combusting was also a day of profound worry for many. figures show the cost of living is rising
and while suella braverman appealed for serious politics, conservative mp bob seely spoke to lbc. good afternoon. i just want to apologise, i am getting fed up with this soap drama as much as your listeners are. mr seely was fed up. his fellow tory mp grant shapps had a newjob. he s a former transport secretary, he voted remain in the brexit referendum, he is considered a moderate. recently he has been publicly criticising liz truss over her tax cuts. now he was in her cabinet. evening, everyone, um, obviously it has been turbulent times. mr shapps spoke to the press for a minute and 42 seconds. he repeatedly mentioned the chancellorjeremy hunt and at no point did he mention liz truss. the whole week was becoming
in your opponents and people who ran against you, try to create a broad church, she did the opposite, excluding them all. you normally listen to expert advice particularly on economics. she sacked the head of the treasury and top official. she ignored the bank of england and the watchdog that s called the office for budget responsibility and she ploughed ahead with policies that she must have known they would warn her against. that is liz truss, but as temptig as we look at a narrative that it is all her own doing, how much do we need to look beyond her and to her party? we have to look much further back. why have we had so many prime ministers in such a short period? david cameron forced by brexit supporters to have a referendum he didn t want to have. forced to resign when he lost it. theresa may forced to resign because she didn t deliver a brexit deal people liked. boris johnson forced to resign largely because
meeting sir graham brady. i am resigning as leader of the conservative party. think about everything that had already happened. the disastrous mini budget, the markets forcing u turn after u turn, the chancellor being sacked. liz truss was already under pressure, but monday morning was a chance to reset. dramatic news to start the week here at westminster. liz truss had a new chancellor, jeremy hunt. reporter: any more u-turns? yes was the answer, because with feverish speculation about what the markets might do next, his immediate task was to calm them. we will reverse almost all the tax measures announced in the growth plan three weeks ago. this can reasonably be called the biggest u turn