Former British PM Liz Truss Announces New Political Movement Ahead of Polls
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced a new movement aiming to push the ruling Conservative Party more toward the right of the political spectrum.
Truss – Britain’s shortest-serving leader, who was in office for only 49 days- announced the “Popular Conservatism” movement on Tuesday alongside former Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg.
She said it was time to listen to voters and return to traditional conservative values on issues such as immigration, climate change and state regulation.
“The fundamental issue is that for years and years and years … Conservatives have not taken on the left-wing extremists,” Truss said at the party’s launch.
“And the problem is when we don’t know what we stand for, when we’re not prepared to stand up for conservative values, who is?” she asked.
Truss blamed her colleagues in the party for trying to be “popular at London dinner parties” rather than defending conservative ideals and challenging “wokeism” and climate narratives.
Rees-Mogg attacked human rights legislation, and railed against the “international elite”, adding that the “age of Davos man is over”.
Tory Deputy Party Chairman Lee Anderson, who also attended, argued that Britons care little about hitting net-zero carbon targets.
Truss’s brief stint as prime minister was marred by a damaging mini-budget that sunk the pound and affected financial markets.
Since leaving office, Truss has urged the government to cut taxes, disregard net-zero commitments and increase the retirement age from its current age of 66.
