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Andrew Neil issued a damning assessment of Liz Truss’ premiership in his opening monologue on his Channel 4 political programme. Mr Neil opened his show this evening by bringing out a paper shredder and claiming that the Prime Minister’s credibility, along with her whole mini-budget, was “for shredding”. This comes as Liz Truss continues to cling onto power in No10, despite reports of a growing Tory backbencher plot to bring her down.
At the start of the Channel 4 show, the veteran broadcaster joked: “I never go anywhere these days without my trusty shredder. There’s just so much to shred.
“Just let me finish here. So, no rises in corporation tax? Yep, that’s definitely for shredding. There we go.
“No spending cuts? Yep. That’s shredded, in fact. What’s this? It’s the whole mini-budget. I might as well just shred that as well.
“Oh yes, the Prime Minister’s credibility? Yep, I reckon that’s for shredding.”
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Following the opening stunt, Mr Neil continued his criticism of the Government by detailing how Ms Truss’ plans have unravelled in recent weeks.
He said: “The Chancellor has gone. Eliminating the top rate of income tax has gone. The 1p cut in the basic rate of income tax is going.
“The promise to freeze corporation tax at its current rate has gone. Absolutely no spending cuts, that’s gone. Ruling out further tax rises has gone.
“It follows from all of that that most of the government’s so-called growth plan has pretty much gone, too.
“Just about the only thing that hasn’t gone is Liz Truss. Nobody was more associated with all these bits of the growth plan than the Prime Minister, not even her former chancellor.
“Why she hasn’t gone too is one of the many mysteries of current politics.”
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