Liz Truss wrote to the Cabinet Secretary . .
. . complaining that a briefing document published prior to the King's Speech describing her infamous 2022 mini-budget as "disastrous" breached civil service standards of impartiality. The document was swiftly amended.
This got me thinking about when an opinion ceases to be a political statement and becomes an objective fact. The "disaster" was the immediate and unambiguous reaction of the financial markets to her rash and unfunded policies, which undermined sterling, reduced government bonds to near junk status, and added about £30bn to public debt. That was as much an objective fact as putting your arm in the mouth of a lion.
"Plain speaking" Conservatives can be so sensitive 😌
This got me thinking about when an opinion ceases to be a political statement and becomes an objective fact. The "disaster" was the immediate and unambiguous reaction of the financial markets to her rash and unfunded policies, which undermined sterling, reduced government bonds to near junk status, and added about £30bn to public debt. That was as much an objective fact as putting your arm in the mouth of a lion.
"Plain speaking" Conservatives can be so sensitive 😌
36-40, F
