Away on holiday in Greece, the all-powerful boss of the backbench 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady, had made his disquiet known in a number of calls with Truss. Just as he had warned the PM during the Tory Conference that the 45p tax rate had to be scrapped if she wanted to survive, so he counselled Truss that Kwarteng had to be offered up as a sacrifice if her administration was to remain in any way credible.
