A question of Truss and Rees-Mogg reality

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How deep a hole is Liz Truss’s government and Britain in? Never mind the puns and the wisecracks — a question of Truss; gilt complex — Ms Truss has Jacob Rees-Mogg as her business secretary. On Wednesday, October 12, Mr Rees-Mogg went on the broadcast round, touring TV and radio studios to explain and educate about his government’s actions and intentions. And why it’s not the Truss government’s fault the world doesn’t want to buy its debt cheaply.

Boy, oh boy, that was quite something. Ms Truss’s government was notionally in an even deeper hole once Mr Rees-Mogg left the studios than when he entered them.

No one with any discernment or good sense could have any faith in a government that has Mr Rees-Mogg in a position of power and authority.

Let me explain.

To those who aren’t au fait with Mr Rees-Mogg, his late father William was editor of ‘The Times’, London. So far so good. He was educated at Eton and Oxford and served as a former hedge fund manager. …