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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

‘Lazy’ British workers catch up with Liz Truss once again

Liz Truss at the Conservative party leadership hustings in Perth, Scotland on Tuesday 16 August.
Liz Truss at the Conservative party leadership hustings in Perth, Scotland on Tuesday 16 August. Photograph: Wattie Cheung/Rex/Shutterstock

The Tories like to portray themselves as being on the side of hard-working British people.

It’s safe territory not just among the party membership but also – crucially – key to holding together their fragile post-2019 electoral coalition of the former Labour heartlands and the true blue south.

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