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The farcical return of the ‘trickle-down’ myth
Truss and Kwarteng are determined to rerun failed free-market policies, but this time taken to new, devastating extremes that will see living standards in Britain slip behind eastern Europe, warns IAN LAVERY MP
Liz Truss

WHEN announcing her plans to tackle the cost-of-living crisis last week, the new Prime Minister said that she is “willing to be unpopular.”  

What she means by this is that she is willing to be unpopular with the ordinary man and woman on the street who she does not have to interact with.  

She is not, on the other hand, willing to be unpopular with the bankers who she is lifting the bonus cap of.  

Liberation webinar, 30 November2024, 6pm (UK)
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