the soon to be known future Prime Minister

It may well be that a third woman pushes the door of 10 Downing Street on Tuesday, September 6. After Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May, Liz Truss is leading the polls ahead of her challenger for the nomination, Rishi Sunak. Conservative activists had until 6 p.m. on Friday, September 2, to decide. The one who has been in government for ten years and currently Minister of Foreign Affairs is a big favorite.

Coming from the center-left before joining the conservatives, she nevertheless proposes to lower taxes and social assistance. “I want a country where people who work hard, start their own businesses, go to work and are rewarded”, she insists, invoking the figure of Margaret Thatcher. Rishi Sunak, rather new in politics and one of the first to have let go of Boris Johnson, said he did not want such measures during the crisis. “Whatever the outcome, the Prime Minister will inherit a divided Tory party but also an economic crisis that has deepened in recent weeks as Boris Johnson, still Prime Minister, has gone invisible.”, analyzes Ambroise Bouleis, journalist for France Télévisions London. The results will be revealed on Monday, September 5, for a start on Tuesday.