Editorial: Hurricane Truss is doing all kinds of damage across the pond
On Wednesday, Hurricane Ian bore down on Florida’s Gulf Coast, closing schools and airports, prompting evacuations and adding to the problems of the hardworking people of the Sunshine State. At the same time, a different kind of hurricane was engulfing Britain, this one with a cone of impact that stretched all around the world. And entirely of human creation. Precisely why the inexperienced ...
by The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Sep 29, 2022
3 minutes
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On Wednesday, Hurricane Ian bore down on Florida’s Gulf Coast, closing schools and airports, prompting evacuations and adding to the problems of the hardworking people of the Sunshine State.
At the same time, a different kind of hurricane was engulfing Britain, this one with a cone of impact that stretched all around the world. And entirely of human creation.
Precisely why the inexperienced new British prime minister, Liz Truss, and her inexperienced chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, have suddenly caused such a mess takes some explanation. On the face of it, all they did was take
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