Suella Braverman’s fall would be astonishing at any other time. But chaos is the new normal | Martin Kettle
GuardianJAN 2023
This is a government in chaos. After a series of humiliating U-turns on economic policy, Truss is desperately trying to appeal to a broader section of the Conservative party. The PM has been forced to abandon ideological commitments to austerity and shrinking the administrative state, and instead embraced the more moderate party factions that want her out of government. The Tories can't even manage the basics of governance — they should make way for a Labour administration that can.
This isn't an invigoration of the left of the Conservative party, it's the death of the party itself. Truss has surrounded herself with "One Nationers" whose records contradict her ideological rhetoric. Not only does this make the government appear weak and contrarian in the eyes of the electorate, but it undermines the fundamental party principles. The PM should have stood stalwart and unified right-wing Conservatives around her agenda.
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