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Conservative Party conference 2022: Liz Truss speech - main camera; Part 9 of 9ENGLAND: Birmingham: ICC Birmingham:INT Liz Truss MP (Prime Minister) speech SOT.- It’s the people who make things in factories across our country. It’s the people who get up at the crack of dawn to go to work. It’s the commuters who get trains into towns and cities across our country. I’m thinking of the white van drivers, the hairdressers, the plumbers, the accountants, the IT workers and millions of others up and down the UK. The anti-growth coalition just doesn’t get it. This is because they don’t face the same challenges as normal working people. These enemies of enterprise don’t know the frustration you feel to see your road blocked by protesters, or the trains off due to a strike. In fact, their friends on the hard Left tend to be the ones behind the disruption. The anti-growth coalition think the people who stick themselves to trains, roads and buildings are heroes. I say the real heroes are those who go to work, take responsibility and aspire to a better life for themselves and their family. And I am on their side. We will build roads, rail, energy and broadband quicker. We will be proudly pro-growth, pro-aspiration and pro-enterprise. That is how we will forge ahead on our long-term path to national success. In this new era, we are taking a new approach. My friends, we are focused on boosting growth and opportunity across our country. This mission will be difficult but it is necessary. We have no alternative if we want to get our economy moving again. I am ready to make hard choices. You can trust me to do what it takes. The status quo is not an option. That is why we cannot give in to the voices of decline. We cannot give in to those who say Britain can’t grow faster. We cannot give in to those who say we can’t do better. We must stay the course. We are the only p...