I've been trying to be more objective about Truss, because I find her very irritating and excruciating to listen to. But despite my best efforts I keep coming across quotes that suggest she's really not very bright.
The Guardian recently unearthed this.
www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/aug/16/leaked-audio-reveals-liz-truss-said-british-workers-needed-more-graft
It seems to be a fact the UK productivity calculations do not match what should be comparable economies and shows little sign of catching up. Her conclusion is that the workers are the problem. Quite what reasoning connects the available data to her conclusion I don't know. Does she think management has a role? Banks? Government? Investors? We may never know. What seems to e well known is that she doesn't like experts. She thinks that the various economic approaches that have been tried have not worked so she wants to try something new, as yet unspecified and of her own devising, which involves ignoring the 2 trillion of public debt and enthusiastically adding some more to it. Well it has to be worth a try, surely?
On the upside, although the country will be ruined, she surely can't win the next election. We have runaway inflation and for most people unaffordable energy bills to come. It's going to be a very difficult 2 years and much as she seems to appeal to the Conservative membership I'm not sure that voters of any persuasion will find her convincing.
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