I've been listening to the second half of The Rest Is Politics interview with #Kwarteng, and my take away is what TRIVIAL people everyone involved is. Kwarteng is supposed to be one of the intellects of the #Tory party, but they can none of them – not Kwarteng, not Campbell, not even Stewart – string two concepts together.
Leading: 74. Kwasi Kwarteng: Liz Truss, becoming Chancellor, and Britain on the brink (Part 2)
At the end of the interview, Stewart sums up by saying "you get the sense that [#Kwarteng] is very clever". I didn't. I got the sense that he was rather stupid, rather shallow, rather trivial; but very posh.
And I think that the problem at the heart of UK parliamentary politics is that they mistake a posh accent for intelligence.
Suprise, suprise…even with a 18,393 majority and sitting in a constituency that has only voted Labour once in past 100 years, Kwasi #Kwarteng is standing down at next election.
But how much work has he actually done for his constituency since his mini-budget that crashed the economy and has been paid for by those with mortgages ever since?
Not much…too busy doing media appearances and landing himself greenwashing gigs with Australian iron ore companies.