Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you

slide by on track to your

there.

this is not a care in the world as you simply lean back.

And before you know it, you're there.

This is how travels should feel,

and on our trains it does.

Avanti West Coast feel good travel. Welcome to F.T. Politics, a weekly podcast on what's happening in Westminster from the Financial Times.

I'm Sebastian Payne. We're into the summer

political retes and so we're trying something a little different. Over the next couple of

weeks I'll be sitting down with some interesting political figures who I think will be shaping the

political weather over the rest of the year. Some of you might be familiar with, others

possibly not. Our first guest I'm pretty sure you might have heard of. Liz

Truss is the Conservative MP for Southwest Norfolk and Chief Secretary

to the Treasury. She entered Parliament in 2010 as part of David Cameron's a list of candidates

to freshen up the party state image.

She first made her name as leader of the Free Enterprise Group of MPs who wants to put a rocket

up the British economy with some more business-friendly policies.

She rapidly took to political office first as a

junior education minister, then into the cabinet in 2014 as Environment Secretary,

then Justice Secretary, and last June she moved to the Treasury and has reinvigorated her reputation

thanks to a number of high-profile speeches and ample use of hashtags.

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