Former chancellor suggests Tory party powers hope leadership contest will be ‘a coronation’ for his rival
Rishi Sunak has positioned himself as the underdog in therace, claiming the “forces that be” want Liz Truss to be the next prime minister.
Truss, whom he did not refer to by name, has pledged to review all EU laws kept after Brexit by the end of next year in aThe former chancellor refused to elaborate on who the opposing figures were, but reiterated that he was not the favourite. “I was talking generically, but obviously I start this part of the contest in the underdog position,” he told reporters afterwards.would be “safe in my hands” and warned it faced its biggest crisis in decades amid a “backlog emergency”.
Describing himself as “a product of immigration”, he said Britain “mustn’t lose compassion but must be tougher”. “We have to tell the truth about the cost of living,” he said. “Rising inflation is the enemy that makes everyone poorer and puts at risk your homes and your savings.” During questions, he described his approach to the economy – tackling inflation before cutting taxes – as “common-sense Thatcherism”, believing it was “what Margaret Thatcher would have done”.
Truss and Sunak have begun a blitz of policy announcements in an attempt to edge ahead in the Conservative leadership runoff. Ballot papers will start arriving on party members’ doormats in little more than a week, though they have until 2 September to vote.
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