Leaked WhatsApp messages between Tory MPs are exposing the ever-yawning gap between Liz Truss and the Conservative Party.
But some 30 minutes before her press conference, former culture secretaryIn screenshots of a WhatsApp group shared by, Mr Blunt appeared to urge Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt to take over as leaders in a joint ticket.
‘I love you, Crispin, but if you seriously think we can impose another leader without one that the media and the people would allow that you need to lie down!There were further grunts and grumbles from backbenchers over Mr Krwarteng’s decision to bring the publication of his financial strategy and independent economic forecast to Halloween.
In a brief news conference from Downing Street, Ms Truss vowed to raise the country’s corporate tax rate — tearing up her campaign promise not to.
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