Liz Truss left humiliated and speechless in series of local radio interviews trying to defend disastrous policies
“Where have you been”
“Where have you been”
“Whatever the question, fracking is not the answer”
She also said that Johnson was a ‘great leader’ and that she was ‘very disappointed’ he would be stepping down.
With the 6th anniversary of the Brexit vote looming, Labour should loudly highlight the damage being done
The annual rate of inflation has hit 9%. Average wages during the first three months of the year increased by just 4.2%.
The emptiness of the government’s “programme”, a grab bag of philosophically incoherent and half-baked ideas, has been widely noted.
If Labour’s view has shifted against debt cancellation, it marks an unwelcome sea change, writes Mike Buckley.
Starmer’s spokesman said it was not Labour policy to back debt cancellation for developing countries to tackle the pandemic.
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak must take the lead in pressing for private debt relief for indebted countries.
Labour needs reform – but not a return to ‘the centre’.