Kamikwasi

English Alternative forms en KamiKwasi Etymology en kamikaze Kwasi Kwarteng. Proper noun en UK politics pejorative Kwasi Kwarteng; used to characterise Kwarteng's term as the Chancellor of the Exchequer as reckless. en John Crace Labour parties like it’s 1997 as Tories descend further into chaos the Guardian September 28, 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/sep/28/labour-parties-like-its-1997-as-tories-descend-further-into-chaos September 30, 2022 Kamikwasi Kwarteng and Librium Liz were paralysed with terror. They had waited years for their chance to wreck the economy and now couldn’t bear to deal with the consequences. en 'KamiKwasi' economics: Baptism of fire for UK's new finance minister Kwarteng The Straits Times September 28, 2022 https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/kamikwasi-economics-baptism-of-fire-for-uks-new-finance-minister-kwasi-kwarteng September 30, 2022 Those spending plans allied with the tax cuts sent sterling plunging to its lowest-ever value against the dollar earlier this week, as critics decried the government's "KamiKwasi" economics. en You might have thought that the first Truss cabinet row would have been over the tax and spend implications of what has become known as the KamiKwasi budget. David Aaronovitch Truss is right: we need migrants to prosper - Comment The Times September 28, 2022 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/truss-is-right-we-need-migrants-to-prosper-jshxsqbpc September 30, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20240508192524/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/truss-is-right-we-need-migrants-to-prosper-jshxsqbpc 8 May 2024