Britain already socialist, Liz Truss announces
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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