Truss worked for, and supported to the end, a boss who was a master of telling people what they want to hear. She doesn't have his talent for presentation, but is not stupid - blind ambition trumps honesty?
Economically fatuous and not credible - reducing tax creating growth needs people to do the jobs - but there are not enough unemployed to fill vacancies today.
How this helps the NHS is unclear. Is the problem is lack of money (£350m per week on the Brexit battle bus), lack of staff (from overseas?), or poor management incapable of initiating change.
Honesty and clarity is in short supply. Quality of A&E service seems poor - but much better to get the processes right (staffing, number of beds, GP services, social care integration etc etc) before simply writing out bigger cheques.
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