Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard says some of the fierce criticism directed at Liz Truss during her disastrous six-week British prime ministership was gender-based. | latikambourke
Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard says some of the fierce criticism directed at Liz Truss during her disastrous six-week British prime ministership was gender-based.ended spectacularly last month after her plan to grow the economy by borrowing billions to fund tax cuts crashed the pound, spooked the financial markets and sent the cost of long-term government borrowing skyrocketing.
While she did not agree with Truss’ politics, Beard felt uneasy about the way the leader was treated in the media and how “people used to go on about her terrible voice.” “There is no doubt that any prime minister who delivered an economic plan like that which caused such instability in global markets ... they would have been in profound political trouble, no doubt about that,” Gillard said.Former prime minister Liz Truss speaks outside Downing Street supported by her family.
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