Truss government in chaos amid budget confusion and coup accusations

[brooklynite]

The Guardian

Liz Truss’s government is in chaos after the chancellor refused to confirm he would bring forward his budget to calm the markets and the home secretary accused fellow MPs of a coup against the prime minister.

Cabinet discipline also appeared to have broken down on Tuesday, as two ministers, Robert Buckland and Penny Mordaunt, suggested they did not back the idea of cutting benefits – an idea floated by those close to No 10.

Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng embarked on a round of media interviews intended to convey a message that they were getting a grip after the damaging 45p U-turn. However, they caused more confusion as both said their medium-term fiscal plan would still happen on 23 November, despite government sources having briefed that it would be brought forward to try to reassure the markets.

Adding to the sense of open warfare in the party, Suella Braverman, the home secretary, accused Tory MPs of having “staged a coup and undermined the PM in an unprofessional way” to force the reversal of the abolition of the 45p rate.

[BootinUp]

1. How can a kook PM get anything done!

[Ocelot II]

2. How can a kook president get anything done?

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Aside From Unnecessary Tax Cuts...

...(and he had almost nothing to do with that), what did he get done?
He ran on the stupid wall. They built under 2% of it.
He ran on stopping immigrants. Hardly made a dent.
He run on deregulation, only deregulated 20% of industry, and those are being reversed.
He's not a kook who got things done. He's just a kook.

[BootinUp]

4. He kind of f*cked us in the judiciary. Nt

[ProfessorGAC]

5. SCOTUS, I'll Sort of Grant

Of course, I think that was more McConnell & the Federalist goons.
But, Biden has appointed more judges in under 2 years than TFG did in 4.
But, I'll grant the SCOTUS is a disaster wrought by his presence in the WH.