It’s a year to the day – 4 July – since the UK voted emphatically for a change of political direction, turfing out the Tories after a 14-year reign which saw five prime ministers take office, although let’s not forget one of them was outlasted by a lettuce.
And yet, while Liz Truss’s premiership lasted for less than 50 days, it was long enough for her and chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s disastrous mini-Budget to set the economy back in ways Labour is still coming to terms with nearly three years on.
