Truss hits back at Tory criticism of her mini-budget, saying ‘nothing will change’ if people like Mel Stride are in charge – UK politics live

Shortlived PM who has become more extreme since being voted out of parliament accuses Tory shadow cabinet of being ‘creatures of the system’

Stride stresses the need for politicians to consider policy carefully, saying this is harder in the era of social media.

The digital age has many advantages, but in some ways, it has ushered in the death of what we might call the age of thoughtfulness, by which I mean, the careful consideration of arguments in order to establish the truth …

Audiences are increasingly attracted to the fleeting sparkle of the novel or shocking or celebrity, or in some cases simply the fake, and that risks allowing attractive but shallow arguments to take hold.

The fact is, for a large swathe of the population, our economy simply has not been working for them for some considerable time.

Incomes have stagnated. Many feel that the system only works for the benefit of others, for large corporations or people from other countries, but not for them and their families.