Jeremy Clarkson baffled over Britons fury after UK 'nightmare' leaves country in 'mess'

express.co.uk:

Liz Truss announced her resignation as the UK's prime minister on Thursday after just 54 days on the job. Jeremy Clarkson has since branded the Conservative leader a "nightmare" but is admittedly confused by the electorate's reaction.Speaking out in his latest column for The Sun, the former Top Gear presenter admitted he was shocked by Brits fury at Ms Truss' manifesto on taxation.The prime minister, who has since quit her role, pledged to cut taxes but was forced to make a drastic U-turn after sparking an economic downturn, and ultimately was forced to sack chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.Jeremy, 62, has since claimed he thought Britons would be rushing off to the pub to celebrate the tax cut announcements."But they didn’t.

Instead, everyone went nuts," he wrote. "We’d been told we would pay less tax every week and we were furious.This is strange," he penned.The Grand Tour presenter turned farmer mused we now live in "strange times"  where the public relies too heavily on the government.He continued: "Turn on the BBC news and every night there’s someone weeping and wailing about how they need government money to mend their poorly baby, or fix the cladding on their flat, or pay their gas bill or feed their dog."Jeremy added when things are going good, people look after themselves, but when it goes "south" the "government should step in with a blank cheque"."Truss was a nightmare.

And there’s no sign that this sorry state of affairs will change any time soon," he commented. "The Conservative Party is a busted flush."He added: "All I can think is, “Oh my God.