
Can Liz Truss keep the country warm?
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Is There a Question of Legitimacy in All of This?
Liz had to win a leadership election. How ideological, how conservative she can be is a kind of challenge for her. It's not like she's got a mandate from the country. She does have clear views, and i think that's going to be her strength. Sis quite a change as in the kind of conservatism we're going to get. I just wonderd whether what you've just described is the thatcher model,. low taxation, you now lower government spending - but when thatcher became prime minister, it wasn't that. Now, she raised taxas. So is there a question, i just wonder, of legitimacy in all of this?
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