Stewart, who served as an MP from 2010-2019 and now co-hosts the Rest is Politics podcast with ex-Labour press secretary Alastair Campbell, told Abta’s Travel Convention in Marrakech recent tax cuts enacted by Liz Truss’s government were “complete nonsense” before slamming the prime minister for her “populist” approach.
He said Truss had triumphed in the Conservative leadership election “because she told the audience what they wanted to hear”. He also took aim at chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng for the economic shockwaves that have followed his "mini-Budget" last month.
