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Liz Truss says being compared to a lettuce was not funny (www.politico.eu)

submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@vlemmy.net to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

“I think the level of understanding of economic ideas in the media and the ability to explain them is very poor indeed,” she added.

That can be true, but no amount of honest “explaining” would help objectively bad economic policy seem better. I think she was looking for the word “spin”.

[–] david@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Let's go full on right wing, don't hold back, it'll be great for the economy!"
Economy crashes hard, fast.
"Stupid media didn't understand how great our policy was for the long term," (for the uber rich, in the short term) "and never gave us the chance to see it work" (transfer more, for longer, from poor to rich).
Millions and millions of people have their costs spiral even more out of control and have even more desperate hardship than they already had
"It's so desperately unfair, they're so mean to me for making me feel bad."