'Stop saying I crashed the economy,' says Liz Truss. Is it possible to gaslight an entire country? | Hugh Muir

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✍️ Liz Truss, the former UK Prime Minister, has sent a cease and desist letter to Keir Starmer, demanding he stops making claims that she crashed the economy, which she believes are false and defamatory.
👉 Truss has sent a cease and desist letter to Keir Starmer, demanding he stops making claims that she crashed the economy
👉 Truss's lawyers argue that the economic fallout from her mini-budget did not meet the definition of a 'crash'
👉 The article questions the definition of a 'crash' and whether Truss's reputation has been unfairly damaged by Starmer's claims

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The former PM has sent a cease and desist letter to the current one. Will everyone who thinks she was useless get one next?The problem with worrying about megalomaniacs on the web and wildfires in Los Angeles is that we have been distracted from the very real plight of Liz Truss.She is the victim of a very special kind of injustice: people think she was a terrible prime minister, whose doings were disastrous for the economy, resulting in her defenestration by her own party – and what’s worse, people keep saying so.Hugh Muir is the Guardian’s executive editor, Opinion Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/09/liz-truss-keir-starmer-cease-and-desist-letter-crashed-economy