Who is Patrick Minford? The economist backing Truss’s tax reforms
Spoiler: It's the same man who said there would be an “eight per cent drop” in the cost of living on “day one of leaving the EU”.
Spoiler: It's the same man who said there would be an “eight per cent drop” in the cost of living on “day one of leaving the EU”.
Robinson tweeted: “Was pleased to secure an in-depth interview with @trussliz on BBC1. I am disappointed & frustrated it’s been cancelled.”
Facing probable defeat at a General Election, the party may be prepared to gamble on the outgoing prime minister again.
She will reportedly be replaced by Suella Braverman.
"Patrick Minford is such a marginal view even within academia. His views are Economics equivalent of ‘flat earth.’"
"And so it seems that the British Tory leadership are simply playing to their own grassroots and they have no regard for the damage that that is causing the economy..."
"Brilliant response to the unnecessary ignorance and rudeness of Liz Truss," wrote one person in response.
Labour warned that Ms Truss’s comment, which could be seen to risk straining tensions with France, showed a “terrible and worrying lack of judgment”.
The comments come as fears of Russian escalation were sounded on the eve of Ukraine’s national day.
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