Liz Truss faced her first proper grilling at PMQs. Her debut, last month, was a softball affair but today Keir Starmer went in with both fists swinging.
He asked her to endorse Jacob Rees-Mogg’s view that ‘turmoil in the markets has nothing to do with the Budget’.
‘What we have done,’ said Liz, pleasantly, ‘we have taken decisive action to make sure that people are not facing energy bills of £6,000 for two years.’
Sir Keir, already hopping mad, blasted her for ignoring his specific point.
‘Avoiding the question, ducking responsibility, lost in denial,’ he said viciously. He mentioned a young couple from Wolverhampton, Zac and Rebecca, who last week were offered a mortgage only to learn that it had been withdrawn. Liz was to blame.
It’s hard to wound a foe who registers no pain.
‘They’re back to square one,’ he fumed. ‘They’re devastated. They’re sick to the back teeth of excuses and blame shifting.’
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