Tories usher in their brave new world of half-arsed fantasy | John Crace

With a troubling lack of knowledge and empathy, the enthusiasm of team Truss bodes mightily ill

Liz Truss isn't going to die wondering. She's only been prime minister for just over two weeks, most of which she spent touring the country in mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, and she's already ripped up large chunks of her predecessor's agenda. It makes you wonder how she ever managed to agree with a word Boris Johnson said. I guess ambition takes you to some dark places. No matter. Fiscal rules are for wimps! NICs are to be nixed! She's been surprisingly active for someone whose normal delivery tends towards the comatose.

The latest U-turn is on fracking. The 2019 Tory manifesto committed the party to a moratorium on fracking until such a time that the science indicated it could be done without earth tremors. But that was so three years ago. Needless to say the science hasn't changed at all, but that's not good enough for our Librium Liz.