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Liz Truss has accused the “British corporate establishment”, the International Monetary Fund and even Joe Biden of hindering her attempts to cut taxes and grow the UK economy.
The 47-year-old, who was ousted as prime minister after just 49 days, attacked Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic visit to China, targeting many foreign leaders and business groups who opposed her reform agenda.
Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister gave a Margaret Thatcher lecture in Washington on Wednesday for the right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation, where she launched a staunch defense of her short-term power.
Ms Truss was ousted from 10th place after her disastrous ‘mini-budget’ promised an unfunded cut to the 45p income tax rate while promising a series of supply-side reforms to boost the economy. It was
Speaking on Wednesday, she said the plan had encountered “coordinated resistance” from various outside forces.
“My plan with tax cuts and supply-side reforms was to make the UK more competitive. They were to make us a more successful country,” she said.
“These plans were supported by Conservatives across the country. But we faced systemic resistance.
“We have faced systemic resistance not only from within the Conservative Party, but also from within the UK corporate organisation, but also from the IMF and even President Biden.”
She also condemned the French president’s decision to visit Beijing and said calling on President Xi Jinping to try and broker peace in Ukraine was a “sign of weakness.”
“It’s also why President Macron is wrong to suggest that Taiwan is simply not of direct interest to Europe. I disagree with that at all,” she said.
“This is of direct interest to Europe, and I think we should do everything we can to ensure that Taiwan has the support it needs to defend itself.”
In a question and answer session after his speech, Truss said:
“This is a totalitarian regime, it needs to adapt its policies accordingly, and it needs to be more skeptical of what China says and promises.”
Ms Truss has escaped her strongest criticism of the growing size of government in both Britain and the United States.”
She says the “left” has dominated the language of politics, and uses terms like “fuel poverty” and “climate emergency” to justify policies to address public concerns about the economy and the environment. Weaponized,” he added. She is an “anti-growth and socialist.”
“Maybe we should talk about tax increases as ‘tax poverty’ and the fact that we have the highest taxes in 70 years as a ‘tax emergency,'” she said. What they really have is the cost of the government crisis.”