Kwasi Sacked

[MargoTester]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-63221738

[naomi24]

Spot on, bazile.

[anneasquith]

Is NS sacking anyone today? Is she making a statement ? Is she making any u turns ?
Maybe, just concentrate on your own political fiasco.

[naomi24]

Is that your advice to maggiebee, Anneasquith? She seems to be itching for someone else to go.

[Zacs-Master]

LOL

[Redhelen72]

Truss has to take 50% responsibility here.
There is no way that Kwasi came up with the budget all on his lonesome!

[anneasquith]

Naomi. I can’t talk for Maggie, but I doubt she was talking about NS.
But you carry on me dear. :-)

[Zacs-Master]

Lovely to see the Scottish wee hens sticking together ain't it?

[anneasquith]

You will never know zac :-)

[jno]

he might well have done, Redhelen. She just read PPE; his degree was in economic history, with a thesis on coinage under William III.

[FatticusInch]

Give Liz Truss some credit: she has put an end to all Downing Street parties - including the Conservative party.

[naomi24]

But you were talking about 'your own political fiasco', anneasquith, and surely our political fiasco is ultimately yours too? Really not with you on this one.

[FatticusInch]

You only need watch the first 90 seconds of this.

[FatticusInch]

From Sky:

In the eyes of many MPs, Truss is as much to blame as Kwarteng
Although there's still no official confirmation, it now appears that Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked as chancellor.
We await to hear Liz Truss's reasoning for this, but it looks like part of an economic reset in government and a signal to MP and markets that a new approach is being adopted.
So will it work?
Remember, Liz Truss promised most of these tax cuts during her leadership campaign.
In the eyes of many MPs, she is as much to blame as the chancellor.
One former cabinet minister told Sky News the prime minister would eventually have to leave office as well.
"She is as guilty as Kwasi Kwarteng and I don't think it is good enough that she throws him under the bus and can then expect to proceed as if the problem is sorted”, said the senior Tory.

[maggiebee]

David Cameron - gone
Teresa May - gone
Boris Johnson - gone
Liz Truss - ????

And Nicola soldiers on - long may she reign.

[Canary42]

That's just the first of A-Liz-In-Blunderland's Christmas shopping :-)

[fiveleaves]

One of the least likeable Chancellors of my lifetime. I dont want tax cuts, I want a society where the spoils are more evenly shared out