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Truss Throws Kwarteng Overboard to Save Her Sinking Premiership – Just Like I Said She Would

Friday, October 14, 2022 at 9:07 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Liz Truss dumping old friend Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor with image of dumped Kwarteng inset.

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and her Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, reportedly go way back. So, it speaks volumes that she has cast him as the black sheep of her cabinet and made him its sacrificial lamb. Truss throws Kwarteng overboard Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked as Chancellor amid intense speculation Prime Minister Liz Truss is about… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: budget, Kwasi Kwarteng, liz truss, mini-budget, u-turn

Unlike Margaret Thatcher, Liz Truss’s U-turn on Tax Cuts Proves This Lady Is for Turning

Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 6:22 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
collage of photos of Liz Truss copying style of Margaret Thatcher

Liz Truss became UK prime minister on September 6. Except that, she did so by channeling Margaret Thatcher so effectively, she became a meme. Here is how I chimed in on the viral ridicule in the comments section to a July 17 report on her campaign in The Guardian: Liz Truss is fashioning her campaign… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: Conservative Party Conference, Kwasi Kwarteng, liz truss, Margaret Thatcher, tax cuts

British MP Huq Criticizing Chancellor Kwarteng Is Like the Pot Calling the Kettle Not Black Enough

Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 6:21 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Tory chancellor of the exchequer Kwarteng and Labour MP Huq in Parliament

Rich whites have been using the concept of race to divide and conquer the poor since time immemorial. This has manifested over time in episodes that reflect what are arguably the insidious effects of Stockholm Syndrome. Case in point is British Labour MP Rupa Huq, of Pakistani descent, accusing British Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: British pound, budget, Kwasi Kwarteng, Rupa Huq, superficially black, Uncle Tom

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