Liz Truss succeeds Boris Johnson and becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Liz Truss succeeds Boris Johnson and becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Unsurprisingly, current minister Liz Truss was elected leader of the Conservative Party and thus takes over from Boris Johnson in Downing Street.

It has imposed itself with 57% of the votes, against his opponent, Rishi Sunak. Liz Truss was elected leader of the British Conservative Party, a result announced on Monday 5 September. You will then become Prime Minister, succeeding Boris Johnson, the latter who resigned last July.

They and they had 172,000 party members voting by mail during the month of August and therefore chose the candidate closest to the BoJo project. The latter also made it known to fully support it:

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Boris Johnson (Twitter)

“Congratulations to Liz Truss on her winning decision. I know you have the right strategy to tackle the cost of living crisis, to unite our party and to continue the formidable mission of uniting and uplifting our country. It is time for all conservatives to be behind her 100%. “

Liz Truss, Boris Johnson’s worthy heir

At 47, the current Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women is the third woman to become Prime Minister, after Theresa May and Margaret Thatcherto which it is often compared.

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons

Throughout the campaign, he placed tax cuts at the center of his project. He embodies a far-right politics, decidedly liberal and in favor of free trade.

what to say her beliefs about women’s rights ? We recently presented you with a decipherment of her feminist commitments… but also of her eloquent silences, as on the question of abortion.

Photo credit: The Telegraph (Youtube)

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