Gb, Truss: 'I will revive the economy despite the immense challenges'

"The challenge" to relaunch the economy "is immense" in the face of the repercussions of the Russian war in Ukraine or the post-pandemic, but the goal of a revival of growth is possible and "everyone will benefit", even if "not all will be in favor of "each of the necessary measures.

This was stated

, trying to revive the Tory audience in the text of the closing speech, in Birmingham, of the congressional works of the annual conference of the majority party.

"When a change is needed, there are inevitable disturbances", she added, minimizing the storm unleashed by her first moves.

The United Kingdom is facing a "stormy" historical phase, against the backdrop of the recent demise of Queen Elizabeth, "the rock on which modern Britain was built", and the coming to the throne of Charles III, as well as a situation of International "economic crisis" attributed also and above all to the repercussions "of Covid and the horrible war unleashed by Putin in Ukraine", said Liz Truss, however insisting on the possibility of "accelerating" the economy, betting on "freedom" of British citizens.

"I do not intend to tell you what to do and how to live", she continued, addressing her compatriots, not without making some references to her personal and family history of her social advancement, under the

sign of the slogan 'Getting Britain moving' and the mantra "growth, growth, growth".

"I refuse to consign our great country to decline", he then remarked, amid the customary applause of the audience, in the context of a rather concise speech, interrupted only briefly by a protest by some Greenpeace activists present in the room. but also marked by an evident lack of oratory ease on the part of Truss: testified by the constant turning of his gaze towards the teleprompter, to read the text, at the cost of distracting him from the audience.

Brexit remains at the center of the programs of the new Tory premer, Liz Truss, who committed at the Birmingham congress to "deliver to history by the end of this year" all the residual links of the Kingdom with the EU regulations provided for by the so-called "red tape" in favor of "pro business and pro growth rules".

Truss then made all-out promises to "get the country back on track" in the "long term": on the relaunch of the national health system;

on safety;

on a strategy to relaunch extractions and nuclear power to strengthen British energy independence from "authoritarian regimes" such as the "Russian" one.

A military victory for Ukraine in the war with Russia is the goal of British support for Kiev, in the words of the new Tory prime minister, Liz Truss.

At the party conference in Birmingham, Truss vindicated a pledge to increase defense spending to 3% of GDP by 2030 and called for further efforts "with allies" to help "the brave Ukrainian people" to face "the brutal Putin's war ".

"The struggle of Ukraine is a struggle for freedom and democracy" which also concerns "our security", thundered Truss, to conclude with applause: "Ukraine can win, it must win and it will win".