Liz Truss wants winning to be as easy as quick cash in voters’ back pockets

We often complain that politicians are unwilling to give straight and unambiguous answers. Last week we saw something different: the government was very clear that Friday’s statement to the House of Commons by the new chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, was not—repeat, not—a budget. The name of the so-called fiscal statement, “the Growth Plan”, had a faint [...]