27 favourite things people said about Truss and Kwarteng’s humiliating 45p income tax reverse ferret
15.
More like Canceller of The Exchequer amirite? Hello? Is this thing on?
— . (@twlldun) October 3, 2022
16.
Just three days ago… pic.twitter.com/fQ8NVldVkt
— Leo Hickman (@LeoHickman) October 3, 2022
17.
can't believe it's only two more chancellors till christmas
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 3, 2022
18.
I've seen some epic wastes of PR money in my time, but £65 billion to please the super rich for 10 days tops them all.
Utter. Clownland.
— Brendan May (@bmay) October 3, 2022
19.
Live scenes as govt U-turns on 45p tax rate: pic.twitter.com/xQIzmcjFqo
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) October 3, 2022
20.
be great if Kwasi Kwarteng could also do a U turn on being a massive twat
— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@mrdavemacleod) October 3, 2022
21.
The government's backtracking but the political cycle is already in motion. It's like shitting yourself in public, everyone saying "you're disgusting!" then returning a week later in clean trousers going "I took a bath" and expecting people not to think you're still disgusting.
— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) October 3, 2022
22.
This is now a hung Parliament.
— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) October 3, 2022
23.
As with Johnson, they queue up to defend the indefensible then feel a little bit more of their soul slip away when the policy is abandoned anyway.
— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) October 3, 2022
24.
“We get it, and we have listened.”
The UK public: pic.twitter.com/lNrF1USQLb
— Bally Singh (@putasinghonit) October 3, 2022
25.
— Michael Glasper (@michaelglasper) October 3, 2022
26.
The U turn on the tax cut seems to imply we need a place to debate these ideas before they’re announced. Maybe a “cabinet” or even “Parliament” system would be a good, if radical, idea. Maybe the proposals could even be in a “manifesto” which the public are allowed to vote on?
— Joel Morris (@gralefrit) October 3, 2022
27.
Despite the u-turn, I think this is going to have a very long tail. There's a lot of industrial action on the horizon & every time they argue that public sector pay rises are unaffordable, the comeback will surely be that they could afford tax cuts for the rich.
— James Oh Brien (@mrjamesob) October 3, 2022
To conclude …
UK government: pic.twitter.com/fNnbnx7YFW
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) October 3, 2022
And this …
Why did @KwasiKwarteng and @trussliz drop the abolition of the 45p top tax rate? Because super wealthy donors to the Tory party told them “we don’t need the money, we don’t want the money and you are bringing us into disrepute”. This is the highest political farce
— Robert Peston (@Peston) October 3, 2022
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