Liz Truss demonstrating again that she has the self awareness of a nematode in refusing to accept responsibility for the economic meltdown which occurred on her watch, costing the country £37 billion. And of course she asserts that fault lies with the ‘Elite’, as though she herself is not part of the most pernicious, libertarian, anti worker elite this country has seen. #GTTO #ToryMisrule

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Britain’s ‘deep state’ thwarted my plans, Liz Truss tells US far-right summit

Former Conservative PM, whose tenure lasted 50 days, tells CPAC she fell victim to UK’s ‘establishment … its bureaucrats and lawyers’

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The choice in #LE23 #LE2023 (and #GE24 #GE2024) is clear. If you want to make life better for CEOs, then vote for more #ToryMisrule. If you’re more inclined to see working people keep the roof over their heads, it has to be @UKLabour.

@antinomy @fkamiah17

I hid Caroline’s AK47 in the loft when #ToryMisrule started in 2010.

I know how much she’d hate prison 🙄

Prince Andrew’s comeback, Valentine’s Day and Tory incompetence: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon

Terribly misjudged …

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Nicola Jennings on an unruly Conservative party — cartoon

The Treasury is considering a proposal to massively expand free childcare to one- and two-year-olds in England in a move that would cost billions at the spring budget

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Martin Rowson on Sunak’s troubles with the Tories’ toxic past – cartoon

Liz Truss has made a comeback while the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, praised Boris Johnson on a trip to the UK

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Devoted Philp dies on his feet again defending the indefensible

After No 10’s useful idiot had failed to defend Nadhim Zahawi’s reputation, Richard Sharp was grilled in a BBC safe house

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