Liz Truss said UK workers should show ‘more graft’ like Chinese in leaked recording
Telegraph, 17 Aug 2022
Liz Truss said British workers should show “more graft” like the Chinese in a leaked recording.
The Foreign Secretary, who is the Tory leadership race front-runner, suggested UK workers lacked the “skill and application” of foreign rivals.
Speaking during her time as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, a role she held until 2019, Ms Truss also suggested London was richer than the rest of the country because of its workers’ “mindset or attitude”.
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The Foreign Secretary, who is the Tory leadership race front-runner, suggested UK workers lacked the “skill and application” of foreign rivals.
Speaking during her time as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, a role she held until 2019, Ms Truss also suggested London was richer than the rest of the country because of its workers’ “mindset or attitude”.
Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/08/16/rishi-sunak-still-much-contention-despite-defection-third-mp/
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