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UK PM Sunak labours over 'steadying' Tory ship following 'chaotic' regimes of Johnson and Truss

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Battling gloomy opinion polls and mounting doubts, U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday promised skeptical voters, and his own Conservative Party, that he would make tough choices to "fundamentally change our country.” Two of his boldest plans in a speech to the party's annual conference — canceling a railway project that has already cost billions and proposing to ban smoking for the next generation — definitely caused ripples. Whether they translate into success for the right-of-center party in an election next year is another question. Opinion polls in recent weeks have put the left-of-center opposition Labour Party 15 to 20 points ahead. Sunak told hundreds of party members packed into a Manchester conference hall that he's not afraid to make big decisions that will deliver “long-term success” rather than “short-term advantage.” As Sunak expresses a commitment to change Britain over the long haul, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is joined by

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