‘Imagine losing £65bn and keeping your job’: Twitter reacts to tax U-turn
You know that the first mini-budget hasn’t gone down that well when before you’ve even been in office for a month “resign” is trending on Twitter, and following Monday’s climbdown over the abolishment of the 45p tax rate, social media was awash with people poking fun at the prime minister, Liz Truss, and her beleaguered chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng.
For a leader who had openly boasted about her willingness to take unpopular measures, it turned out that there were, in fact, limits.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Liz Truss, 21 September: «I am prepared to be unpopular.» Liz Truss, 3 October: «I am not prepared to be THIS unpopular.» ~AAAnd while Truss and Kwarteng weren’t quite making “sorry, it’s my first day, I’m new here” excuses, several people were at pains to point out that there aren’t many jobs where you cause the Bank of England to have to inject up to £65bn into the economy to stabilises it, and then simply just waltz on with it.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Imagine losing 65 billion and keeping your job<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Kwarteng’s “mistake” cost us £65 billion. And he gets to keep his job? Now tell me another job where you can do that in your first week and your boss says “You crack on”?Over the weekend, the Conservative party chairman, Jake Berry, said: “People know when they get their bills, they can either cut their consumption or get higher salaries or higher wages, and go out there and get that new job.” And there is always plenty of advice about how people on benefits can make barely nutritious monotonous meals using minimal ingredients to keep the kids eating happily and healthily all week long. Some put the two together.
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Well I guess this Read more on theguardian.com
