Fergus Finlay: Trussonomics failings could signal the end of trickle-down economics
You can only grow an economy by investing — in infrastructure, in education, and in decent and sustainable social services
Kwasi Kwarteng leaves 11 Downing Street, London, last week after he accepted Liz Truss’ request he “stand aside” as chancellor of the exchequer, paying the price for the chaos unleashed by his mini-budget.
Fergus Finlay is a former political activist and adviser to three governments, the former head of the children's charity Barnardos, a writer and a broadcaster.
KWAZI KWARTÉNG: “I’m going nowhere,” he said one day. He’s gone the next. Liz Truss: “There’ll be no U-turns,” she said one day. There’s a half-dozen the next. “I won’t resign,” she said on Friday. She’ll be gone in a week.
Stability in the markets is all that matters now, they say. There’ll be a crisis a day until it’s over.
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