Politics
Kate Plummer
Oct 14, 2022
Indy
After Liz Truss sacked her chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng after just 38 days in office, people didn't know what to think.
Kwarteng was sacked after his and Truss's mini-budget saw the pound tank and the price of mortgages and government debt surge.
A lot was made of how short his term was, while others wondered what will happen to planned economic policies, and people suggested there will soon be u-turns on (more) parts of the mini-budget.
And people on social media, including political journalists, were also confused about why a letter about his sacking from Truss to Kwarteng was signed by the man himself, rather than Truss:
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\u201cThe letter supposedly from Liz Truss to Kwasi Kwarteng is actually signed by Kwarteng himself. No.10 literally can't put out a resignation letter without screwing it up.\u201d— (((Dan Hodges))) (@(((Dan Hodges)))) 1665751721
It does look rather odd, but letters from prime ministers to ministers are always signed by the minister in question, as a number of journalists pointed out:
\u201cCalm down everyone! Letters from the PM to ministers always have the minister\u2019s name at the bottom.\u201d— Dan Bloom (@Dan Bloom) 1665751991
Yes, it is just another British quirk.
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