• United Kingdom Saber rattling in the Tory Party against the "clumsy" Liz Truss

The 'premier' Liz Truss has further stirred up the open war in the Conservative Party, warning that she does not intend to back down with her controversial economic prescriptions.

"When there is change, there is disruption," declared the 'premier' at the closing of the chaotic conference of the 'tories' in Birmingham.

"Not everyone will be in favor, but everyone will benefit from the result: a growing economy and a better future."

In a poisoned atmosphere, with crossed accusations of a "coup" behind her back and calls for "collective responsibility", the Conservative leader has risked her political survival in Birmingham against a demoralized, disoriented and crumbling party in the polls.

Within a month of her coming to power, Truss will remember Birmingham as the place of the ice moon.

Her final speech has once again put her in the spotlight before her own co-religionists, who had been deserting the cursed city the day before to avoid the train strike.

As if stepping over the storm created by herself, Truss repeated in her speech the same worn-out formulas that have made her hit rock bottom a month after she came to power.

"Reverse"

Truss attacked the so-called "coalition against growth"

in retaliation for pressure to give up tax cuts for the wealthiest with which the conference began.

Despite the "backtrack" in Birmingham, the 'premier' reiterated that this will continue to be one of her goals in the future, in the context of the largest tax cut in half a century.

"This is a great country, but we need to do things differently to take advantage of the enormous potential," he declared in his speech.

"We're not doing enough. We have to move.

We can't afford any more detours or delays

."

"For too long, our economy has not grown as strongly as it should," Truss proclaimed, recalling his neoliberal creed.

"For too long, the debate has been dominated by how to distribute a limited political pie. Instead, we have to make the pie grow so that everyone gets a bigger slice, and that's what I'm going to do." with a new approach to get out of this cycle of high taxes and low growth".

"The challenge is immense", acknowledged the 'premier'.

"We have a war in Europe for the first time in a generation.

We are facing a more uncertain world after Covid

. We are facing a global economic crisis."

The 'premier' once again implicitly blamed the international situation for the volatility in the markets and the impact of the announcement of her emergency budget, which she plans to take to Parliament in the coming days: "We are the only party determined to comply and unleash the full potential of our great country. This is how we will build a new Britain in a new age."

Despite the applause of the last acolytes who supported her in Birmingham, Liz Truss will face the real litmus test next week, when she will meet her co-religionists in Parliament again.

"We are not going to sit idly by as long as we continue to fall in the polls like this

," warned former Transportation Secretary Grant Shapps, one of her biggest critics these days.

"I want Liz to be successful and to be able to turn things around. There is still a window of opportunity."


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