There was a time a Conservative government would have considered betting an entire country's economy on a thoroughly debunked economic model (SPOILER ALERT - THIS ISN'T GOING TO WORK) was, dare I say, rather reckless.
Let's call it what it is, it's a budget by the wealthy, for the wealthy. The better off you already are, the better off you're going to be. Those towards the middle or the bottom are expected to be happy with any scraps that may (or may not....) fall off the table.
The markets certainly didn't like it, and I'm not surprised, considering this is a huge and uncosted increase in government borrowing, with no idea of how to pay for it except for 'Future growth which is definitely going to happen even though we have no idea where it's actually going to come from'.
Still, as I said the other day, at least we know where Truss stands, she's absolutely unapologetic about what she's doing and why she's doing it. Unlike Johnson who would say anything at all, to anyone, just to get through the next hour or day or week, Truss is driven by ideology and a belief that what's she doing will work, so at the next general election voters will have a clear choice.
I note dunover's ecstatic reaction above, which reminds me very much of his giddy delight at Johnson's amazing Brexit deal - (it's still in the Brexit thread, I'll spare his blushes and not exhume it here, but it's safe to say it hasn't stood the test of time very well) - and I am quite sure that this AMAZING MINI-MASSIVE BUDGET will also age like milk on a hot day, just as Johnson's Brexit deal did.
Anyway, time will tell, all we can really do is watch.
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