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Anti-growth coalition

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1071: 1065: 262:, stated that "the idea that I’m sitting around with other people saying, 'let’s form a coalition so we can stop economic growth in Britain', it’s just a nonsense. Everyone believes in economic growth, otherwise the economy doesn’t move forward. But what they mean by economic growth is the rich keep getting richer and working people continue to have their conditions diluted in the name of profit." 288:
that Kwarteng was "also part of the anti-growth coalition" following his dismissal as chancellor in October 2022. Graham Lawson noted that he identified with a large number of aspects included under the term by both Truss and Braverman, and called the term a "total dud" in terms of its efficacy as a
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wrote that "the absurdity of the term is matched by its hypocrisy," noting that "expanding economic output is a laudable goal, but the government’s plan to hit 2.5 per cent annual growth, which it relies on to bring debt under control, is dubious," and arguing that there were many
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wrote that "the Tory Party also increasingly rests on an anti-growth coalition," and that Conservative voters "routinely oppose the building of new houses that might spoil their views and new shops and stores that might clog their roads." Graham Lawson, writing for the
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noted that "as far as I can tell, the 'Anti-Growth Coalition' consists of pretty much everyone except Ms Truss herself, some - but by no means all - of her parliamentary party, and the somewhere between 20 and 25% of the electorate."
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that he himself was part of the "anti-growth coalition," that "for Truss and those around her, growth is an end in itself," and that this was "entirely divorced from
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studios." She stated that she "will not allow the anti-growth coalition of Labour, the Lib Dems and the SNP to hold us back." Following a protest by
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think tank in September 2023, Truss stated that "The anti-growth coalition is now a powerful force, comprising the economic and political
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earlier during her speech, she also stated that they were part of the "coalition," and stated that she was "not interested in how many
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you buy at the supermarket." She also stated "I have three priorities for our economy: growth, growth and growth."
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argued that Truss' own plans for the economy were "more likely to be anti-growth than those of her critics."
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protests that "It’s the Labour party, it’s the Lib Dems, it’s the coalition of chaos, it’s the
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on 5 October 2022, assigning to the term various organisations and individuals including
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movement, which explicitly argues against economic growth and includes academics,
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Commentators and comedians noted the large breadth of targets of the term.
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in 2022 against those critical of her policy agenda, particularly of the
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Several public figures sought to dissociate themselves with the term.
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Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Childcare and Education
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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers
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Index

Liz Truss
premiership
September mini-budget
Kwasi Kwarteng
opposition parties
environmental activists
economic growth
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Kwasi Kwarteng
mini-budget
House of Commons
tax cuts
unfunded
unaudited
think tanks
Conservative Party Conference
opposition
Labour
Lib Dems
SNP
unions
think tanks
talking heads
Brexit
Extinction Rebellion
podcasters
taxis
townhouses
BBC
Greenpeace

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