Pretend you're a failing prime minister: What vegetable would you want to try to outlive?
a nicely framed photo of Truss next to a crisp, green ball of lettuce with googly eyes. The newspaper asks, “Will Liz Truss still be Prime Minister within the 10 day shelf-life of a lettuce?”
The answer is genuinely unclear. On Friday afternoon, Truss held a press conference to discuss her dismissal of Kwasi Kwarteng, her first chancellor of the exchequer , with whom she announced a “mini-budget” in late September. The plan—which no one asked for—included cutting income tax for the country’s highest earners, which in turn sent the value of the pound
. The mini-budget was intended to prop up Britain’s already-ailing economy; instead, it accelerated the downward trend.Less than two weeks after the plan was announced, Truss backtracked on the tax cut, but it was too late for Kwarteng. Someone had to pay for this disaster—and it wasn’t going to be Truss. This huge Beyond Big Savings event at Bed Bath & Beyond has so much in store—but especially great deals on bedding and bedroom furniture.
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