Liz Truss has accused the “British Establishment”, the International Monetary Fund and even Joe Biden of getting in the way of her efforts to cut taxes and boost the UK economy.
The 47-year-old, who was ousted after just 49 days as prime minister, attacked a host of foreign leaders and business groups for opposing her reform agenda and attacked Emmanuel Macron during his diplomatic visit to China.
On Wednesday, Britain’s longest-serving prime minister delivered a speech to Margaret Thatcher at Washington’s right-wing think tank the Heritage Foundation, where she strongly defended her short tenure in office.
Ms. Truss was forced out of Number 10 after her disastrous “mini-budget” promised an unfunded 45p income tax cut and promised a series of supply-side reforms to stimulate the economy.
On Wednesday, she said the plans had met “coordinated resistance” from several outside forces.
“My plans for tax cuts and supply reforms were aimed at making the UK more competitive. They wanted to make us a more prosperous country,” she said.
“These plans were supported by conservatives across the country. But we met with coordinated resistance.
“We have faced coordinated opposition not only from within the Conservative Party or even within the UK business community, but also from the IMF and even from President Biden.”
She also condemned the French president’s decision to visit Beijing, calling his call for President Xi Jinping to try to bring peace to Ukraine “a sign of weakness.”
“That is why it is also wrong when President Macron says that Taiwan is simply not of direct interest to Europe. I don’t agree with that at all,” she said.
“It has immediate implications for Europe. And I think we should do our best to ensure that Taiwan gets the support it needs to defend itself.”
During a Q&A session following her speech, Ms Truss said, “The notion that we can treat China as just another global player is wrong.
“This is a totalitarian regime and we should adjust our policies accordingly, and we should be much more skeptical about what China says and what its promises are.”
However, Mr Truss reserved his main criticism of the scaling up of governments in both the UK and the US, warning that they are becoming “backroom social democracies” and describing “a culture of too many people and too many companies”. waiting to be taken care of.” “.
She said the “left” has embraced this language in politics, adding that they have “armed” public anxiety about the economy and the environment, using terms like “fuel poverty” and “climate crisis” to express themselves to justify a policy that is “against growth and socialism”.
“Perhaps we should call the tax increase “tax poverty” and the fact that we had the highest taxes in 70 years “tax emergency,” she said. what we have is the result of a government crisis.”
Source: I News
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