D.fter Margaret Thatcher And Theresa Maythe British Foreign Minister Liz Truss she is undoubtedly the favorite to succeed Boris Johnson at the helm of the UK government. The gap with his opponent, Rishi Sunak, former finance minister, is now unbridgeable. But the official winner will be known today, with a public event in London at 1.30pm. After that, from tomorrow, Tuesday, he can formally occupy the Downing Street office.
Liz Truss third premier for the United Kingdom
Except for last minute surprises, therefore, Truss will therefore be the British premierthe fourth since the Brexit referendum in 2016. But it will also be the third woman in this position after, in fact, Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.
The new Iron Lady to the Government
Expert, conservative politics, Truss forged his image on the Iron Lady, as she is also called by her supporters. You have held ministerial posts for ten years and then conquered the base promising massive tax cuts and adopting a very harsh tone against the unions.
But if for many conservatives it is the favorite, according to critics, the foreign minister it would not have the thickness necessary to lead the country between the economic turmoil and the war in Ukraine.
Liz Truss is expected to be the new British Prime Minister (Photo Getty)
Between Brexit and skyrocketing inflation, no easy task
In any case, if everything goes as it seems, Truss will succeed Boris Johnson, forced to resign in early July in the wake of a series of scandals. But his task will not be easy at this moment between inflation and expensive energy.
And he will have to respond urgently the surge in bills that is strangling familiesschools, hospitals and businesses and sparking social conflicts like never before since the Thatcher years.
Who is Liz Truss
Born in Oxford in 1975, Truss attended a public high school in Leeds, in the north of England, and then studied philosophy, politics and economics at the University of Oxford.
After graduating, he began working as an economist for the energy giant Shell and for the telecommunications company Cable and Wireless. But in the meantime, aspiring to politics, he engaged in conservative politics, embracing the Thatcherian ideas of the free market.
A hard and determined approach
She ran unsuccessfully for Parliament twicebefore being elected in 2010. At the 2016 referendum on the UK’s exit from the European Union, Truss has lined up for the “remain”. Evidently without too much conviction, then given the participation, first as Secretary of Commerce and then Foreign Affairs, to the Johnson governmentstrongly pro-Brexit.
As foreign minister, she was at the forefront of the support for Ukraine and at Western sanctions against Russia. He also played a leading role in the tussle between London and Brussels over post-Brexit trade deals. Now, however, for the Foreign Minister, the priorities are other: encourage investment and growth.
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