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Britain already socialist, Liz Truss announces
Liz Truss arrives for the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, September 30, 2024

BRITAIN is already a socialist country, former Tory premier Liz Truss told a conference fringe meeting today.

“We are already in socialism,” the shortest-serving prime minister ever announced in claims that will shock campaigners for a new society.

Ms Truss cited the high level of state spending, record taxation, a “huge regulatory bureaucracy” and an alleged “European-style economy” as evidence of the shift.

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