Overview

• Ex-PM Liz Truss announces the 'Popular Conservatism' movement, urging a shift to the right on issues like immigration and climate change.
• The movement criticizes the Conservative Party's approach to 'wokeism' and climate narratives, advocating for tax cuts and disregarding net-zero commitments.
• Truss's brief tenure as PM was marked by a controversial mini-budget that impacted the UK's financial markets.
• The Conservative Party, facing internal divisions and lagging in polls, confronts additional challenges with the new movement ahead of the general election.
• Nigel Farage sees the Conservative Party facing an 'extinction event', aiming to replace it with his Reform Party.