Kwarteng had no choice to step in and come up with the bonkers plan he did, which achieves nothing and will (in all likelihood) achieve nothing? Even many Tories are aghast, because they know how daft it is.
Energy costs are rising. Yet other nations didn’t crash the pound with their plans. Oh, wait, that’s someone else’s fault. It always is.
Meanwhile, we’re left with the fantasy that cutting tax burdens for the rich will help those who really need it. If I wanted to write a budget which would lose support for the Tories, I couldn’t have done a better job.
