TORY leadership hopeful Liz Truss has faced brutal criticism following the revelation that she once said British workers need “more graft” and suggested they lack the “skill and application” of foreign competitors.
In a leaked recording made while Truss was chief secretary to the Treasury and reported by the Guardian newspaper, Truss referred disparagingly to the productivity levels of British workers, saying: “Essentially it’s partly a mindset and attitude thing, I think. It’s working culture, basically. If you go to China it’s quite different, I can assure you.”
