Days after Liz Truss announced her resignation outside No 10, she reportedly told allies: “I lost a battle, but I haven’t lost the war”. The Trussonomics conflict duly rolled on this week, with its lead foot soldier marching stateside — not for the first time — to advance the core tenets of her tax-cutting creed.
Minister for business, energy and Industrial strategy, Kwasi Kwarteng, made a statement to the House of Commons, regarding Storm Eunice. He told the House that Eunice brought “the highest speeds of wind ever recorded in England” and that the impact has been four people “tragically losing their lives” while 2% of those with power outages…
Speaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News at 8.30am this morning, Secretary of State for Energy Kwasi Kwarteng defended his and his government’s actions over the ongoing energy crisis. Since the start of the year, energy prices have rocketed by 250% and ministers are under pressure to prevent the industry from grinding to a halt.…