United Kingdom: Liz Truss, a government with a new “Iron Lady”?

Monday September 5, even before the announcement of the results, the British media announced Liz Truss as the probable winner of the internal election of the Conservative Party. She would have already prepared her cabinet. Boris Johnson’s foreign secretary was ahead of his opponent Rishi Sunak in the polls all summer. The campaign was aimed only at right-wing activists.

Liz Truss is not always comfortable in public and is criticized for a lack of spontaneity. The politician grew up in a left-wing family, before turning to the right. She chose to play a Margaret Thatcher, with the goal of lowering taxes. His relations with France could prove strained. A few days ago, she refused to call Emmanuel Macron a friend of the United Kingdom. The country is in economic and social crisis, with a record level of inflation for 40 years.