Yeah, the idea it's the tax cut isn't correct. That's not even a big tax cut. It's the energy price cap that utterly dominates. The left will insist otherwise because they hate tax cuts and love price controls, but that doesn't make it accurate.
The carnage happened at 9.30 am on Friday directly after the budget announcement, caused by the budget announcement. Energy subsidy was proposed earlier in the week. The market suddenly realised that kwasi and liz are irresponsible idealists and acted accordingly.