‘Imagine losing £65bn and keeping your job’: Twitter reacts to tax U-turn
by Martin Belam from on (#64AH5)
Social media awash with people poking fun at PM, chancellor, and others who backed cut to 45p tax rate
You know that the first mini-budget hasn't gone down that well when before you've even been in office for a month resign" is trending on Twitter, and following Monday's climbdown over the abolishment of the 45p tax rate, social media was awash with people poking fun at the prime minister, Liz Truss, and her beleaguered chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng.
For a leader who had openly boasted about her willingness to take unpopular measures, it turned out that there were, in fact, limits.
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