The Tories must do more than apologise for Liz Truss

The Conservative Party should have distanced itself from Liz Truss at the first opportunity emphatically, unequivocally and ruthlessly.

Rishi Sunak should have condemned the mini-Budget, apologised to the nation and made it clear that Truss would never be a Conservative parliamentary candidate again.

It would have been a justified response to the chaos of the preceding few weeks .

If the Tories want a reputation for economic competence and integrity (and that should not be too much to ask), they should make it clear that both Johnson ’s and Truss ’s days as Conservative parliamentary candidates are over. When distancing themselves from those aspects of their past that alienate the voters they need, what is required from the Tories are confident strides, not small, tentative steps. They have at least made a start, but it would be a grave mistake to think that the job is done..