Liz Truss' economic policies were heavily criticised by Rishi Sunak in the summer (Photo: Getty)Liz Truss' economic policies were heavily criticised by Rishi Sunak in the summer (Photo: Getty)Rishi Sunak’s advice for tackling inflation has resurfaced, as people lament the new economic policy adopted by Liz Truss’ government last week. Truss became prime minister on September 6, after beating her former colleague and previous chancellor Sunak in the Tory leadership contest. One particular clip that’s taken off is from the summer leadership debate which aired on Channel 4 in July, where Sunak dubbed Truss’ economic plan a “fairy tale”. This piece from August, which accused Sunak of “desperate” warnings about what Truss policies could do to the £, is doing the rounds among Conservative MPs, I’m told. They about to have me begging for Rishi Sunak back — Jason Okundaye (@jasebyjason) September 23, 2022It’s only taken less than three weeks for Rishi Sunak to be vindicated.

Source: The Times September 27, 2022 11:02 UTC