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Liz Truss speaks at party conference amid Tory turmoil

If Prime Minister Liz Truss continues with her same "high tax and borrowing cut agenda" she will trigger a conservative 'erasure' in the process, a former cabinet minister has warned.

Speaking to The Times on Wednesday, Nadine Dorries d said she understood the government needed "accelerated growth, but you don't do that by throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

"You don't win elections by firing on the right and deserting the center field for Keir Starmer to place his flag on it," she added. .

Ms Dorries said the Conservatives suffered a defeat comparable to that of their Canadian counterparts in 2015, when incumbent President Stephen Harper lost to Justin Trudeau's Liberals after his party was in the power for a decade.

"If we continue down this path, we will absolutely face Stephen Harper-type annihilation. I'm sure she listened and will stop and rethink she said.

Ms Truss' popularity hit a new low after her appearance at the Conservative Party Conference, and she is now rated lower than Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn. ever been.

1665039857Conservative party chairman urges MPs to deliver on Truss' 'bold vision' for the UK

Conservative party chairman Jake Berry said he hoped his colleagues would listen to Liz Truss' message at the conference and conc would reiterate his "bold vision" for Britain.

When asked if he was concerned that the current administration would "drive the party over a cliff", Mr Berry replied to Times Radio: "If people are listening and watching what the Prime Minister said yesterday, I don't think she was just talking to people in the boardroom, she was talking to the country of his vision.

"I hope and believe the country will listen to this, and I hope my colleagues will listen and see that we have a bold vision for our country to transform it to improve the lives of families...