At one point David McCullagh raised the infamous 'Liz Truss lettuce' in successive questions, prompting Truss to snap.
ONE OF THE quirks of Liz Truss brief stint as British Prime Minister is that for the remainder of her life she will be invited to all manner of important events.
Even in introducing their keynote interview, a task that is usually full of platitudes, the EBU’s Director General Noel Curran made reference to Truss’ disastrous seven weeks in office.At one point the broadcaster raised the infamous Liz Truss lettuce in successive questions, prompting the human Truss to snap.
The mini-Budget, McCullagh put it to her, could be described as “an audacious gamble at best, foolhardy at worst”. But fundamentally, having lower taxes, having less regulation, and getting the economy moving I believe is the only way to achieve economic growth. She even mentioned Ireland’s low corporate tax rate as an example, referencing how the boss of pharma firm AstraZeneca said the company chose here as a hub and not the UK because of corporation tax.
Truss says there was nothing deliberate about it and that female politicians are too often compared. pic.twitter.com/mCi7C5lh4eThe stated topic for the discussion was “the constant demands of the 24-hour news cycle on government”, so the pair did shared exchanges about the relationship between the media and politicians.
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