Protesters from the environmental group Greenpeace were ejected from the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday after disrupting British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s first speech as leader
. Two female activists held up a flag that read “Who voted for this?” before they were escorted out of the conference center in Birmingham by security guards as the crowd booed. “Let’s get them removed,” said Truss, to applause. Truss quipped following their removal that the “anti-growth coalition” had arrived at the hall “a bit too early.” Greenpeace confirmed that its activists were responsible for the protest.
“I am determined to get Britain moving,” she added and “to put us on a strongest footing as a nation.” Truss criticized the “anti-growth coalition” that included “some of the people we had in the hall earlier.” She added: “Economic growth makes us strong at home and strong abroad and we need an economically sound and secure United Kingdom and that will mean challenging those who try to stop growth.
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