Liz Truss thought she’d get an easy ride on local radio… then she got absolutely skewered

'Do you know actually where they have been fracking?'

Liz Truss came out of hiding to embark on an “operation rolling Partridge” tour of local radio stations across Britain. The prime minister insisted the Government’s tax-cutting measures are the “right plan” in the face of rising energy bills and to get the economy growing despite market turmoil sparked by the Chancellor’s mini-budget. In her first public comments since the mini-budget market chaos, Ms Truss defended Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s measures, insisting “urgent action” was needed, although she admitted the Government’s decisions have been “controversial”. The Prime Minister told BBC Radio Leeds: “We had to take urgent action to get our economy growing, get Britain moving and also deal with inflation.” https://twitter.com/paulmasonnews/status/1575369490241622021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1575369490241622021%7Ctwgr%5E76ce59dcc3321ed620eddf914a34616273e26bd6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thelondoneconomic.com%2Fpolitics%2Fliz-truss-thought-shed-get-an-easy-ride-on-local-radio-before-getting-skewered-by-radio-lancs-336029%2F But any hopes that she might be given an easy ride were quickly quashed after she crumbled under questioning from BBC Radio Lancashire’s Graham Liver. Challenged on the government’s plans to resume fracking, Truss insisted that no projects would go ahead without local people giving their consent. It comes after the Bank of England announced it was stepping in to buy up to £65 billion worth of government bonds – known as gilts – at an “urgent pace” after fears over the Government’s economic policies sent the pound tumbling and sparked a sell-off in the gilts market, which left some UK pension funds teetering on the brink of collapse. At the time of writing, sterling currently stands at $1.08. Related links:

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