Protesters interrupted Liz Truss' first Tory conference speech as party leader today.
The two women held a flag which read 'who voted for this?' as the Prime Minister delivered her keynote speech in Birmingham. The banner also had the Greenpeace on it.
The pair were ejected from the hall shortly afterwards. The crowd then cheered and Ms Truss laughed as she continued speaking.
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Ms Truss arrived on stage to the song Moving On Up by M People and said: "I stand here today as the first prime minister of our country to have gone to a comprehensive school.”
She added: “That taught me two things: one is that we have huge talent across our country and two that we’re not making enough of it.
“This is a great country. I’m so proud of who we are and what we stand for, but I know that we can do better and I know that we must do better and that’s why I entered politics.
“I want to live in a country where hard work’s rewarded, where women can walk home safely at night and where our children have a better future.”
She told the audience in Birmingham the country was in a “new era” under the King, following the death of the Queen.
Ms Truss said: “These are stormy days. Together, we have mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the rock on which modern Britain was built.
“We’re now in a new era under King Charles III. We’re dealing with the global economic crisis caused by Covid and by (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s appalling war in Ukraine.
“In these tough times, we need to step up. I’m determined to get Britain moving, to get us through the tempest and put us on a stronger footing as a nation.”
Shortly ahead of her speech, YouGov released polling suggesting Ms Truss is already more unpopular than Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn ever were.
Just 14% of the public now say they have a favourable impression of the Prime Minister, compared with 26% who said so between September 21-22 .
Nearly three-quarters (73%) now see the Prime Minister in an unfavourable light, including more than half (55%) who see her very unfavourably.
That gives her a net favourability rating of minus 59, depths not plumbed by Mr Johnson, who hit minus 53 in July, or Mr Corbyn, who fell to minus 55 in June 2019.
YouGov surveyed 1,751 British adults on October 1-2.
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