The REAL Liz Truss: From Bruce Springsteen to being compared to Mrs T

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% :Battle lines between the candidates have been drawn over tax and - today - immigration, with Ms Truss reiterating to The Mail on Sunday that Mr Sunak's time in the Treasury coincided with 'the highest tax levels in Britain for 70 years'.
54% :'There were 364 economists that objected to Mrs Thatcher's plan, and what we are doing at the moment, the economic policy at the moment is not delivering the economic growth we need, and what people voted for across this country in 2016 when they voted Brexit and in 2019 when they voted for Boris, is they voted for change, they voted for us to do things differently, they wanted to see more enterprise, more opportunities.
50% :Ms Truss, a former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, hammers Mr Sunak over his £12 billion hike in National Insurance, saying that by axing it she will 'put more money in the pockets of people who are struggling in this cost-of-living crisis' and rejects criticism that it will just lead to an even greater UK debt mountain.
45% : Ms Truss is also unconcerned about having to govern under Mr Johnson's gaze: 'I was one of his first supporters to come forward when he won the leadership election, and he achieved a fantastic majority at the General Election.'He delivered on Brexit, he delivered on the vaccines and he can be proud of that record, and I don't believe he's the kind of person who will be wanting to cast a shadow in any way, he's an optimistic person, he's a positive person.'
42% : Mr Javid, who was first to step down in the coup that deposed Boris Johnson, made the request after telling Ms Truss that he backed her position on cutting taxes - but was told that a deal was not available.
36% : 'The problem we've got is a lack of growth, that's the problem we've got, and by putting up taxes now we're choking off that growth, we're choking off those investment opportunities.'
31% :'My colleagues understand that Brexit isn't just safe in my hands, that I will go further and faster in delivering all the opportunities with Brexit.'

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