From ‘best’ budget to a dead parrot: how Tory press turned against Liz Truss

Conservative newspapers struggle to reposition themselves after praising Kwasi Kwarteng's tax-cutting plans that triggered financial chaos

This was the best budget I have ever heard a chancellor deliver, by a massive margin," wrote Allister Heath on the front page of the Daily Telegraph the day after Kwasi Kwarteng had outlined his plans for Britain's fiscal future on 23 September.

The tax cuts were so huge and bold, the language so extraordinary, that at times I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming."