Kwasi Kwarteng refuses to apologise for mini-budget chaos in first interview since his sacking 🔴 The former chancellor said he warned Liz Truss she would not last long after getting rid of him
Speaking of what went through his mind at the time of his sacking he said: “This is mad. Prime ministers don’t get rid of chancellors.”
But he argued that Ms Truss’s successor, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt cannot blame the Truss government for the massive black hole in the nation’s finances. “The only thing that they could possibly blame us for is the interest rates and interest rates have come down and the gilt rates have come down.
“The black hole and structural problems are already there. I mean, it wasn’t that the national debt was created by Liz Truss’s 44 days in government.”“The black hole hasn’t been caused by the mini-budget. And I think it’s something that Jeremy and Rishi and their officials are going to have to tackle on their own regardless of what happened in the budget.”
Mr Kwarteng insisted he and Ms Truss were still “friends”, but said he had not returned a missed call from her several days ago.
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