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The Budget was so bad the Bank of England’s had to step in – 23 gilt-edged responses

Just when you thought the fallout from Kwasi Kwateng’s big borrowing budget couldn’t possibly get any worse, the Bank of England has now been forced to step in to stave off economic meltdown.

Usually such an emergency intervention is a consequence of catastrophic external events but this crisis, of course, is one of the nascent government’s very own making.

For a bit of extra light into what’s going on, here’s Sky’s Sam Coates.

Not every Conservative didn’t see it coming. Remember this guy?

And these gilt-edged responses surely say it all.

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