‘Imagine losing £65bn and keeping your job’: Twitter reacts to tax U-turn
The Guardian says 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.
And 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.