Former British Prime Minister Faces Severe Criticism Upon Release of New Book

Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss has released her second book since leaving office, titled Bank Job: A Short Book on How the Bank of England Broke the Bond Market and Brought Down the Government. The publication has drawn widespread negative commentary across British media outlets.

The book addresses the 2022 mini-budget during Truss's 49-day tenure as prime minister, which involved £45bn of unfunded tax cuts and was followed by a sharp decline in the value of the pound. In the text, the author attributes the resulting market crash to the Bank of England and the Treasury while acknowledging no personal error.

Publication of the volume generated a wave of unfavorable reviews from various publications. The Independent described the book as dense, paranoid, and peevish, while The Telegraph awarded it zero stars and labelled it deranged. The Scottish tabloid The National characterized the work as unhinged, and The Daily Star criticised it for failing to adequately account for the role of an iceberg lettuce that outlasted her premiership, calling the publication loopy.

Criticism also came from political figures, including Truss's former trade minister Conor Burns. Writing on social media platform X, Burns described her as an international embarrassment with zero self-awareness and financially illiterate.