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Today's statement is about growth. High tax rates damage Britain's competitiveness.

Just looking at the pounds and it is, it's ticking every second and it's ticking lower.

Actually, maybe we can show you a chart because it is quite traumatic.

This whole affair is inexcusable.

It is just, it is a pitiful reflection on the Conservative Parliamentary Party at every level. This is an absolute disgrace.

I was elected by the Conservative Party

and we set out a vision for a low-tax, high-growth economy

that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit.

I recognise, though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party.

I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party.

And that was the end of Liz Truss,

the premiership that crashed the UK economy,

the budget which led to the lowest cost of living standards

for another generation,

the mortgage price hikes,

the inflation hikes,

the parity, near parity with the US dollar, the woman who was

outlived infamously by Aletis. That was the low point. Or so we thought, but 14 months after the

Great Reset, with Rishi Sunak in charge, there is polling data which shows that he is even less popular than Liz Truss.

Just how bad have things got for Rishi Sunak. Welcome to the newsagents.

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