thanks very much. that was the conservative leadership hopeful, one of the final two, liz truss being the other. rishi sunak there. in grantham, in lincolnshire, which is the birthplace of the former prime minister and the late baroness margaret thatcher. he chose to make that speech and take questions from conservative party faithful members because he wants to make it clear he thinks to fix the economy in the uk and to fix the nhs, particularly with regarding the offal backlogs and long waiting list for surgery, we need to return to what he described as common sense thatcherism, taking the best bits of what he says were her best decisions. also watching that speech was our political correspondent. we heard very much there what we might
talking about conservative values, he is the era apparent to the likes of margaret thatcher. he spoke of wanting common sense thatcherism and use that to explain the dividing line between him and liz truss. she will cancel the rise in national insurance he introduced as chancellor before he resigned. he wants it to place to pay for some of the changes to the nhs. liz truss wants to borrow money, cut taxes and put money back into pockets. there is a real dividing line between the two about whether to cut taxes will put money in people s pockets or whether it will mean putting up prices and driving inflation up. so that s the dividing line. talking about the nhs, he wants to talk about the nhs, he wants to talk about cutting waiting list by september 2024. about cutting waiting list by september2024. he about cutting waiting list by september 2024. he once waiting list no longer than a year by september 2020 for. that is not to cut national insurance so he underlined
what i am proposing economically is what i am proposing economically is what i am proposing economically is what i would describe as common laterals. the number one ecmo make challenge the country faces is inflation. and not risk making the problem worse. if we do not get a grip, it will cost families more in the long run. i believe that s what margaret thatcher would have done, deal with the challenge of inflation, get it out of the system and then get on to delivering the tax cuts we all to see. applause. channel for news, you talked about honesty, channel for news, you talked about honesty, telling the truth about taxes. honesty, telling the truth about taxes, are using liz truss is misleading party members or is she lyin- misleading party members or is she lying when misleading party members or is she lying when she talks about cutting taxes? lying when she talks about cutting taxes? i lying when she talks about cutting taxes? ., , , lying when she talks about cutting tax