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Liz Truss and the markets: could it happen to a left government? 
History shows that any diversion from ‘economic orthodoxy’ is likely to lead to pushback from Establishment forces, cautions KEITH FLETT

A YEAR AGO Liz Truss resigned as PM after 49 days leaving a considerable economic debacle in her wake. 

Something of a conspiracy theorist, Truss has blamed a “left-wing” economic establishment. Truss’s list of who this comprises is ever-expanding and now includes Joe Biden, the BBC and climate campaigners. 

It might be agreed that there is an economic orthodoxy, however, in and beyond the EU that focuses on austerity and neoliberalism.

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