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Article on Liz Truss speech in Washington
EXCLUSIVE : Liz Truss is back – on freedom, values, growth, low taxes, smaller state, higher incomes, wokery, gender politics, China, Russia, defence… and Macron & Biden.
In a pivotal speech in Washington DC, the former PM takes no prisoners.
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