In the headlines
Liz Truss has defended her economic approach in a speech at the Conservative Party conference, insisting that “whenever there is change, there is disruption”. It’s an odd way to frame things, says The Economist’s Anne McElvoy: “to most voters, ‘disruption’ suggests trains not running or services failing”. Elon Musk has decided to buy Twitter after all, says the FT. The tech billionaire says he’ll pay $44bn, the price he initially offered in April before trying to pull out of the deal when the company’s stock market valuation tanked. A £40,000 restoration of Great Yarmouth’s quayside should only involve trees with “very small fruit”, council officials have decided. Their reasoning, says The Times, is that apples, pears and plums could become slippery or be used as “missiles” by marauding children. “Core blimey.”