‘UK-specific shocks’ helped drive the country into recession – 14 high-interest reactions

8.

BREAKING: The Tories have confirmed the best way to respond to the two-year recession is to cut the rights and wages of the working class to insulate rich people from the consequences of their actions x

— Laura Kuenssberg Translator (@LKTranslator) November 3, 2022

9.

Liz Truss, 25th October: ‘I know that brighter days lie ahead’

3rd November: pic.twitter.com/r81emnWsg6

— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 (@TobyonTV) November 3, 2022

10.

can we stop pretending that conservatives are 'good with the economy'? https://t.co/8qnHzx27QQ

— ֆʟօǟռɛ-ʟʏֆɮɛȶɦ (@SloaneFragment) November 3, 2022

11.

Blaming Liz Truss for the current shitshow that is the UK economy is like blaming the 12th pint of lager for the vomit.

— Malcolm V Tucker 🏴‍☠️🇺🇦 (@Tucker5law) November 3, 2022

12.

People: ‘We’re struggling with our mortgages.’

Bank of England: ‘We’re putting the interest rate up by 0.75%.’

It’s like seeing a house that is on fire and chucking a load of paraffin on there to ‘help.’

— Simon Harris – #LovelyBitOfSquirrel (@simonharris_mbd) November 3, 2022

13.

do you know what would solve the UK’s longest recession, a royal yacht, that’s what

— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 (@TobyonTV) November 3, 2022

14.

So, in order to pretend that they haven’t completely grenaded our economy with their £80Bn a year Brexit, causing dire labour shortages and huge cost to our reputation and trade…
Sunak and Hunt will now make *us* pay for *their* zealotry, dishonesty and incompetence. Excellent.

— sarah murphy (@13sarahmurphy) November 3, 2022

Finally – this hasn’t aged well.

Q – Will you make a TV apology if brexit triggers a recession?

Boris Johnson(21st June 2016) – "Of course I will"#LBC pic.twitter.com/cLm3Cxw4DD

— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) June 13, 2022

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