Chris Philp

So it was that Chris Philp, Croydon South's Tory MP, finally made a piece of British political history, as the shortest-lasting Chief Secretary to the Treasury.

Indeed, his last tweet was on Wednesday, and he even managed to get that wrong, as he proclaimed “Hood news”. But as one economist warned, “There is a bit of a risk that if we have only a partial U-turn then potentially the markets will come under pressure again next week,” said ING’s James Smith. Click here for more details](https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=8111851&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Finsidecroydon.com%2F2022%2F10%2F04%2Fic-supporters-win-tickets-for-twopence-to-cross-the-mersey%2F&utm_medium=widget) For it is certain that Philp, Kwarteng and Truss between them have done more to revive Labour’s fortunes than Starmer himself. By 5pm today, his Twitter profile was still saying he had a prestigious job at the Treasury. [‘Rabbit hutch’ flats and the Chief Secretary: Philp’s conflicts](https://insidecroydon.com/2022/09/22/rabbit-hutch-flats-and-the-chief-secretary-philps-conflicts/) [Inside Croydon has been delivering local community news since 2010. Philp’s last parliamentary appearance had been in the Commons chamber on Wednesday, when he was selected to answer a tricky question about sums and adding up. And Philp’s former parliamentary colleague, “Lord” Gavin Barwell, had this to say: “Sacking Kwasi Kwarteng only makes sense if [there’s a] big change in policy. Maybe “The Nose in Search of a Bum” line had cut to the quick. The Labour benches were full. The government’s were nearly empty. [Crace describes as the “Trussterfuck” of a government.](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/12/liz-truss-pmqs-labour-glee)