Liz Truss is effectively 'no longer Prime Minister', because her new chancellor Jeremy Hunt 'has locked her in the attic and simply taken over', Andrew Marr has said.
No income tax cut and energy price cap watered down from April as Hunt overhauls disastrous mini-Budget
"But after Jeremy Hunt, the new Chancellor, made his statements today, she doesn't have the policies, agenda, or authority that a prime minister requires. They’ve gone. She’s not in power. Politely, calmly, ruthlessly, Hunt gutted his predecessor’s mini budget and left it on the floor in bleeding chunks."every Monday to Thursday from 6pm to 7pm
"So that's done. Trouble over? Absolutely not. There are the spending cuts to come, as Jeremy Hunt warned the Commons."Picture: Live Parliament FeedAndrew continued: "There are really tough times coming, what Hunt himself called decisions of eye-watering difficulty, as Liz Truss sat beside him silent and blinking, looking a bit like a prisoner in the dock listening to the charges against her.
"That's up to the Tory Party exhibiting the kind of discipline it hasn't shown for years. And that's also when the question of a new leader, a new emergency cabinet that reaches out to all parts of the Conservative family, may come back into play."He said: "Liz Truss spent much of the day invisible in Downing Street, only appearing for half an hour to listen to Jeremy Hunt and not appearing in the Commons for the urgent question from the Labour leader.
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