Prime Minister Liz Truss was heckled by Greenpeace protesters during her Conservative Party conference speech.
The PM had taken to the stage for her first conference speech as leader and had only delivered around 10 minutes of it before she stopped and shouts were heard. Protesters were hauled out after raising signs with a Greenpeace logo declaring, “Who voted for this?” while the Prime Minister gave her keynote address.
Tory members booed and shouted “Out! Out! Out!” as two people were escorted away by security, then stood in an ovation and shouted "go on Liz, go on Liz!". The Prime Minister stood awkwardly while they were escorted out before continuing with her speech.
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Greenpeace claimed credit for the disruption, saying the public voted to climate action but instead Ms Truss was putting it "through the shredder". The Prime Minister sought to rally demoralised Tories in her keynote speech after a bruising few days marred by chaos and infighting, reports The Mirror.
The hall was mostly full - though not completely at capacity - as the big speech approached, after many members left the night before to get ahead of the train strike. Audience members applauded when members of the Cabinet filed in to take their seats in the front row.
Ms Truss got a lengthy standing ovation as she walked on stage to 90s hit "Moving on Up" by M People. The PM admitted these were "stormy days", following the death of the Queen, the war in Ukraine and the fallout from the Covid pandemic.
"In these tough times, we need to step up," she told delegates. "I'm determined to get Britain moving, to get us through the tempest and put us on a stronger footing as a nation."
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