Liz Truss came into today's Prime Minister's Questions under enormous pressure - and it didn't get any easier.
The fledgling Prime Minister has had as bad a start as anyone could have imagined, with her budget plans widely seen as having sent the economy into chaos and her party into open warfare. Her hugely controversial package of tax cuts has been attacked and derided from all sides.
Against this backdrop, Ms Truss was always heading for a bruising encounter in her first PMQs since her party conference and there was no let-up from Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
Visibly angry, the Labour leader regularly tried to get the Prime Minister to accept that the so-called "mini-budget" unveiled by her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng last month was responsible for the economic shock that has seen mortgage rates spiral and the pound plummet.
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When Ms Truss continually referred to her government's plan to freeze the price of energy, Sir Keir added: "Avoiding the question, ducking responsibility, lost in denial - no wonder investors have no confidence in her government."
In a powerful moment, he raised the case of a young couple called Zach and Rebecca from Wolverhampton, who he met with last week. He said: "A few weeks ago Zach and Rebecca from Wolverhampton were all set to buy their first home, then the government's borrowing rates sent interest rates spiralling and their mortgage offer was withdrawn. They are back to square one, unable to buy, sick to the back teeth with excuses and blame shifting, does the PM understand why they are completely furious with her government?"
He added: "There is no point trying to hide it, everyone can see what has happened, the Tories went on a borrowing spree, sending mortgage rates through the roof. They are skyrocketing by £500 a month and for nearly 2 million homeowners, their fixed rate deals are coming to an end next year, they won't forgive and they won't forget."
It was a strong attack from the Labour leader, but it was something that the Prime Minister said herself that will have done her the most damage.
While speaking about Labour's plans, she told the house "I am genuinely unclear", words that resulted in a huge chorus of ironic cheers from the House of Commons for a Prime Minister who has already been forced into two major u-turns on her flagship budget package.
Remarkably, as the cheers died down, she repeated the phrase once more - cue further, louder and more ironic cheers from the house.
It wasn't long before the phrase "I'm genuinely unclear" was trending on Twitter. It was a seriously poor choice of words but the response and the speed with which it was picked up and shared shows just how damaged this Prime Minister is after a chaotic and painful first few weeks in the job.
Finishing up his line of attack, Sie Keir didn't hold back, pitching himself and his party as being on the side of working people suffering amid the current chaos.
He added: "Who voted for this, not homeowners paying an extra £500 on their mortgages, not working people paying for tax cuts to the largest companies, not even most of the MPs behind her, who know that you can't pay for tax cuts on the never-never, does she think people will ever forgive the Conservative Party if they keep defending this madness and go ahead with their kamikaze budget."
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