Liz Truss turns to accidental austerity
How the government embraced death-cult Osbornomics
Long dead she may be, but the Iron Lady lives on at the Conservative Party’s conference. Margaret Thatcher and other former Conservative leaders are deified at the annual jamboree, which took place this year in Birmingham. Fringe events are held at the Thatcher theatre. Men born in the early 2000s dress like 1980s throwbacks in pinstripe suits and tribute braces. A psychedelic picture of Benjamin Disraeli leers out from a tote bag, alongside the faces of Boris Johnson and St Maggie herself. Attendees can even buy a Winston Churchill baby bib.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Accidental austerity”
Britain October 8th 2022
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