In a sense Truss has already gone. Her weird 1980’s nostalgia act is palpably dead: economically, politically and as a source of power.
Hunt has steered the ship to where the markets and the media expect, relentlessly focussed on the grown up politics required: spending cuts, attacks on workers pay, attacks on benefits, a war on the non existent state etc.
It’s worth remembering that Johnson was defeated by his own MPs, Truss and Kwarteng by the market. Bizarrely cheered on by some who should know better. A half competent leader committed to a serious war on the poor and battle with the organised working class will bring Party, market, business and the media back together. The task of building consent for austerity 2.0 has already begun across the media.
That would be a problem for Labour which currently has nothing to say as to what it would do differently (indicating that Hunt has stolen their plan). It will also be a challenge for us: can we build the necessary broad based campaign in workplaces and communities to finish these bastards off around two simple demands: tax the rich, no return to austerity.
