Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak clash in final UK leadership debate

LONDON  Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak, the remaining contenders in the race to become the next leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister of the UK, faced off against each other Wednesday in the final debate before the winner is announced next week. The debate was held at Wembley Arena in north-west London and witnessed Sunak and Truss tussle over issues surrounding taxes, energy and the cost of living. Truss, the foreign secretary and frontrunner of the leadership contest, ruled out offering energy rationing to support struggling families in the coming winter despite a worsening cost of living crisis that has seen inflation skyrocket and wages plummet. Asked by moderator and radio show host Nick Ferrari whether she would rule out energy rationing, Truss responded by saying: “I do rule that out. Yes.” On the issue of introducing new windfall tax impositions, Truss said “yes, no new taxes” when asked if she would implement new tax policies as incumbent Boris Johnson did in 2019. Rishi Sunak, the former chancellor of the exchequer and self-described underdog of the race, took a more cautious approach when it came to addressing the crisis, warning that “we shouldn’t rule anything out.” “The challenges we face with this crisis are significant. Many European countries are looking at how we can all optimize our energy usage. That is a sensible thing for us to be doing as a country,” Sunak said. Sunak’s approach is reminiscent of the one taken by the French government after it warned that energy rationing may need to be implemented following Russia’s cutting off of gas supplies in reaction to international sanctions over its war against Ukraine. Under the UK government’s “worst-case scenario,” businesses and households could face electricity blackouts in the coming winter over growing uncertainty surrounding power supplies. On Sept. 5, the Conservative Party membership will select a new leader of the party as well as the new prime minister of the UK. Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Please contact us for subscription options.

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TIME op-ed mocked for suggesting GOP used the ‘Soviet skill’ of ‘disappearing someone’ on Liz Cheney

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TIME Washington Correspondent Philip Elliott compared the Republican Party to the Soviets Wednesday, saying the GOP "disappeared" Liz Cheney, to the mockery of Twitter users.

"It’s not just the Soviets who are masters of disappearing someone," Elliott warned in a piece titled "The GOP Just Borrowed a Soviet Skill and Disappeared Liz Cheney." "Just look at Wyoming, where voters this week drubbed a former senior member of the Republican establishment out of office on orders from former President Donald Trump," he said. 

The writer suggested in the article that Cheney, after losing by a massive margin in the Wyoming Republican primary, had somehow been erased from party history like somebody who had run afoul of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.

Elliott recounted how Cheney, once a mainstay of conventional Republican politics had rebelled against the new direction of the party as she moved against its leader, Donald Trump. "Her performance made her a darling of liberals who not that long ago thought the Cheney clan to be some of the worst people in America," he said.

Soviet political leader Joseph Stalin, who led the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953. (AP)

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Elliott suggested that the vote that finally ousted her from political office for the time being "was a disappearing that would have made the Cold War Soviets proud."

The TIME writer remarked on how Republicans who voted to impeach a sitting Republican president have been punished by the American electorate, suggesting that "it’s worth treating the current roster of Republicans like a politburo postcard. Of the 10 Republicans who voted for Trump’s second impeachment, eight will not be returning next year."

He noted further that "Trump worked aggressively against nine of them and has a near-perfect record. Almost everyone not standing with Comrade Donald was cut from the roster, erased from the picture."

Elliott offered praise for Cheney while also slamming the GOP for its current political trajectory.

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"Cheney shows bravery by fighting to stay in the frame, but she is likely to find it is nearly impossible to change a party without powerful allies on the inside to sponsor the effort," he wrote. "The open question is if Cheney can jam the gear with sufficient force to at least make it lurch, or if the machine will keep grinding her further and further from real power."

Twitter users skewered the piece for saying the Republican Party had used the "Soviet skill" of disappearing people to oust Cheney.

DC Examiner columnist T. Becket Adams commented with sarcasm, tweeting, "Losing by 38 points in a free and fair democratic election, rejected overwhelmingly by the people who elected you in the first place, just like in the Soviet Union." 

He observed in a following tweet that "The people who say they love and respect democracy the most sure talk as if the voters have no agency or authority in the democratic process."

FILE - Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks at the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, June 28, 2022.  ((AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File))

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Contributing editor for the Spectator Stephen L. Miller appeared to reply with similar sarcasm, saying, "The Soviet skill of private citizens quietly and politely casting votes in a primary election."

"'A Soviet skill'...lol..you mean...voting? Not sure we owe that one to the commies," said RedState deputy managing editor Kira Davis.

Podcast host Jesse Hawken wrote, "yes, the Soviet Union, famous for their... elections."

Alexander Hall is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Alexander.hall@fox.com.

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Chip Roy on Liz Cheney losing Wyoming House primary: Voters 'didn't want more of the swamp'

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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said Rep. Liz Cheney losing the Wyoming GOP House primary happened because voters finally spoke out again the swamp Tuesday on "The Ingraham Angle."

REP. CHIP ROY: The Declaration of Independence is very clear. The government derives its power from the consent of the governed. The people of Wyoming spoke tonight, and they spoke because they want the agenda that they saw in terms of draining the swamp. They didn't want more of the swamp. That's, I think, what this boils down to. History has a way of cleansing all of the noise. 

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And when history is judged, when we look at this moment, it's about a change. It's about moving forward. It's about not 2022 or 2024, but 2026 when America turns 250 years old. Are we going to live free or are we going to continue to fund the bureaucracy, continue to expand government at the expense of our freedom? It is time for a change. That time is now, and I think the people are speaking across the country, and this is one example of it. 

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Ginni Thomas could be subpoenaed by January 6 committee, says Liz Cheney

Rep. Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican who serves as the vice chair of the committee, told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" on Sunday that the committee is speaking with Thomas' counsel.

"We certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily, but the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not. I hope it doesn't get to that. I hope she will come in voluntarily," Cheney said. "So it's very important for us to speak with her and as I said, I hope she will agree to do so voluntarily but I'm sure we will contemplate a subpoena if she won't."

The committee has asked Thomas, a conservative activist, to meet with the panel and provide documents that could be relevant to the investigation. The committee has email correspondence between Thomas and former President Donald Trump's election attorney John Eastman, as well as texts between her and Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. The texts show Thomas urging Meadows to continue the fight to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Eastman and Meadows have also been subjects of the committee's investigation.

A lawyer for Thomas said in a letter to the House select committee last month that he "does not believe there is currently a sufficient basis to speak with" Thomas.

No decision yet on criminal referrals of Trump

Cheney also said the committee has not decided whether it will make criminal referrals of President Donald Trump, but that she believed Trump violated the oath of office and it is "absolutely something we are looking at."

"I think that Donald Trump, the violation of his oath of office, the violation of the Constitution that he engaged in, is the most serious misconduct of any president in the history of our nation. I think that, as I said, the committee has not decided yet whether or not we'll make criminal referrals. That's something we take very seriously. And I would also say that the Department of Justice certainly is very focused based on what we see publicly on what is the largest criminal investigation in American history. But there's no doubt in my mind that the President of the United States is unfit for further office."

Cheney also said she believes the missing Secret Service texts are "deeply troubling."

"I also know that what we saw in terms of what's happened over the course what we've become aware of over the course of the last several weeks is deeply troubling," she said. "We will get to the bottom of it."

Cheney on her future

Cheney said her work on the January 6 committee "is the single most important thing I've ever done professionally," telling Tapper that even if she loses her upcoming race for reelection because of her committee work, there was "no question" it was still worth serving on it.

She called her primary race, "a highly unusual moment, certainly in American politics."

"I will also say this, I'm not going to lie. I'm not going to say things that aren't true about the election," she said. "My opponents are doing that certainly simply for the purpose of getting elected ... if I have to choose between maintaining a seat in the House of Representatives, or protecting the constitutional republic and ensuring the American people know the truth about Donald Trump, I'm going to choose the Constitution and the truth every single day."

This story has been updated to include more from Cheney's interview.

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