"I am not claiming
"I am not claiming to be blameless in what happened, but fundamentally I was not given a realistic chance to enact my policies by a very powerful economic establishment, coupled with a lack of political support," she wrote. "I assumed upon entering Downing Street that my mandate would be respected and accepted. How wrong I was. While I anticipated resistance to my programme from the system, I underestimated the extent of it." BRITAIN'S TREASURY CHIEF BELIEVES THE COUNTRY CANNOT CUT TAXES UNTIL THE INFLATION RATE DROPS