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Liz Truss stages ‘tory’ unity in bumpy speech: “You can trust me”

Greenpeace activists stand before Truss with a banner: 'Who voted for this?'

Liz Truss has reaffirmed its leadership in an eventful speech at the Conservative Party congress, to which it arrived weakened and under the watchful eye of the markets and its own rank-and-file comrades, some already accused of preparing a “coup” to evict it from the 10th of Downing Street. The Prime Minister addressed all the critics or those who doubt her determination when she stated “you can trust me”, “I have a clear plan” or “not everyone is going to be in favor of change, but everyone is leaving to benefit”.

Without making it explicit, Truss has asked for time for his “disruptive plan” to begin to work and be understood. “I will rebuild the UK”, he has proclaimed it. That which ‘only’ pronounced this Wednesday the closing speech of the congress, held in Birmingham. Before ‘colleagues’ and without having served a month at the head of the Government, he could foresee a mass bath without contestation, but it could not happen. Their speech suddenly it became the most important of his political career after a frenetic and unfortunate debut in office. He fears an internal “coup” to remove her from power.

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The truth is that she has been received standing and with a standing ovation and that she has also received a standing ovation once those who have shouted against her in her first minutes of speech have been expelled from the room (Greenpeace activists have stood up with a banner in which could read ‘Who voted for this?’). But the image of unity exhibited will have to be contrasted with what happens in the next few days, and Truss is aware of this: “I’m not interested in saying, but in doing.” She comes out of the congress reinforced: she has a new opportunity to do well, or at least that is what the Tories they wanted to stage.

The premiere has sown a speech thatcherian of references to those who are having the worst time, but his bet is invariable and his priorities are ‘three’: “Growth, growth and growth”. Truss advocates “a new approach to end this cycle of high taxes and low growth” and only then, he insisted, will the most disadvantaged population be able to move forward: “There are parts of our country that could fall even more. (… ) We have to make the cake bigger so everyone can have a piece.”

Greenpeace activists stand before Truss with a banner: ‘Who voted for this?’

Hannah McKay

Reuters

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On September 23, Truss announced the biggest tax cut in half a century. Only ten days later he reversed his plan to reduce the maximum personal income tax rate for the highest incomes from 45% to 40% in the midst of the collapse of the pound and an attempt at rebellion in the party, which thus let him know that he would not has a grace or courtesy period. Ministers accuse prominent leaders Tories of orchestrating a “coup” or “throwing grenades” against his own government.

Conservative deputies do not know how to explain in their constituencies, key to keeping their seats in the next elections, that with unprecedented inflation in 40 years, a health system on the verge of collapse or a manifestly deficient transport model, the tax burden will be reduced to who do not suffer financial hardship while cutting services or social subsidies to reduce public debt.

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The Minister of Economy, Kwasi Kwarteng, is considering advancing the presentation of its complete economic plan, initially scheduled for November 23, to October. He wants to calm down and give certainty to investors, but the advance payment itself reflects nervousness or the government’s own doubts about being able to survive until that date without having detailed its roadmap.

A poll released this Wednesday by YouGov concludes that Truss – it must be insisted that she has been prime minister since September 6 – is already more unpopular than Boris Johnson and even that Labor Jeremy Corbynwhich until now held this dubious honor: only 14% of citizens say they have a ‘favourable’ opinion of Truss, compared to 73% who perceive it ‘unfavourably’.

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