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Political Fix

Liz Truss pulls even further ahead

Political Fix

Financial Times

Politics, News, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Two new opinion polls put Liz Truss 32 points ahead of her rival Rishi Sunak in the race to be the next Tory leader and prime minister. We analyse whether the contest is over, and the latest clashes between the two contenders on the union and economy. Presented by Sebastian Payne, with Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe and special guest Paul Goodman of ConservativeHome.

Produced by Anna Dedhar and Howie Shannon. The sound engineers were Breen Turner and Jan Sigsworth


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0:00.0

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0:31.0

Liz Truss faced further attacks on her economic platform this week.

0:35.0

After a leaked recording show that she thought Britain's need to show more craft in the workplace.

0:40.0

I want a high wage, high growth economy.

0:44.0

The fact is we've had two decades of low growth in this country.

0:47.0

I will not continue with business as usual.

0:50.0

I will be bold in making the change we need to help people right across our country.

0:57.0

Welcome to Payne's Politics, your central insider guide to Westminster from the Financial Times,

1:02.0

with me Sebastian Payne.

1:04.0

I'm back from Devon, having buried myself away to delve into the fall of Boris Johnson,

1:09.0

which you can read about later this year.

1:11.0

Thank you very much to George Parker for stepping in.

1:13.0

He's now often joined some fun in the sun.

1:16.0

As you know, over the summer weeks, we're focusing on the Tory leadership race,

1:20.0

the only story in the Westminster village.

1:23.0

This week, we'll be taking you through the latest developments in the race to be the next UK Prime Minister,

1:28.0

including two more hustings in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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