‘The new dementia tax’: Truss’s U-turn is first real howler of Tory leadership race

Analysis: Truss's political misjudgement on public sector pay has earned her comparisons to Theresa May in a blunder critics say could have proved fatal in a general election

The most popular meme being shared by Rishi Sunak's Conservative MPs on WhatsApp after Liz Truss's U-turn was the fateful image of Theresa May's nothing has changed", which became a defining image of the 2017 election.

Many of the former chancellor's backers were quick to dub Truss's policy the new dementia tax", which dogged May's campaign and turned her MPs against her.