"[7] In an address to the Institute for Government think tank in September 2023, Truss stated that "The anti-growth coalition is now a powerful force, comprising the economic and political elite, corporatist part of the media, and even a section of the Conservative parliamentary party.
"[8] The Financial Times wrote that "the absurdity of the term is matched by its hypocrisy," noting that "expanding economic output is a laudable goal, but the government’s plan to hit 2.5 per cent annual growth, which it relies on to bring debt under control, is dubious," and arguing that there were many "nimbies" who "block[ed] housing, renewable energy, and infrastructure projects," who were also Conservative members of parliament.
"[9] Adrian Woolridge of Bloomberg News wrote that "the Tory Party also increasingly rests on an anti-growth coalition," and that Conservative voters "routinely oppose the building of new houses that might spoil their views and new shops and stores that might clog their roads.
[12] Mick Lynch, head of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, stated that "the idea that I’m sitting around with other people saying, 'let’s form a coalition so we can stop economic growth in Britain', it’s just a nonsense.
[11] The degrowth movement, which explicitly argues against economic growth and includes academics, environmental activists and some Labour Party members, was noted by the Financial Times as one of the "ironies" concerning the term.