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Her ideological dexterity — critics would call it opportunism — has helped propel UK's new Prime Minister Liz Truss to the pinnacle of British politics. Here's a look at her journey to being Britain's leader.
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As UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss faces hard times and Boris Johnson’s ghost
Her ideological dexterity — critics would call it opportunism — has helped propel UK's new Prime Minister Liz Truss to the pinnacle of British politics. Here's a look at her journey to being Britain's leader.
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London | Updated: September 6, 2022 7:46:46 am
Liz Truss will need all her instincts and agility to navigate the job she is inheriting from Boris Johnson.(AP/PTI)In 1994, a passionate 19-year-old Oxford student, Elizabeth Truss, called for a referendum to abolish the British monarchy, telling an audience of fellow Liberal Democrats, “We do not believe that people should be born to rule.” On Tuesday, Truss will travel to a Scottish castle to be anointed by Queen Elizabeth II as Britain’s new prime minister, completing a political odyssey from rabble-rousing republican to tradition-cloaked leader of the Conservative Party.
Truss, now 47 and known as Liz, long ago pivoted to embrace the monarchy as being good for British democracy, just as she long ago abandoned the Liberal Democrats for the Conservatives. More recently, she switched sides on Brexit, opposing the drive for Britain to leave the European Union before the 2016 referendum, then reversing course to become one of its most ardent evangelists.
Her ideological dexterity — critics would call it opportunism — has helped propel Truss to the pinnacle of British politics. How well it will prepare her for the rigours of the job is another question, given the dire economic trends enveloping the country, and a Tory party that seems torn between desire for a fresh start and regret about tossing out her flamboyant, larger-than-life predecessor, Boris Johnson.
By her own admission, Truss has little of Johnson’s charisma. Awkward where he is easygoing, staccato where he is smooth, she nevertheless scaled the party’s ranks with what colleagues describe as nerve, drive and an appetite for disruptive politics. When Johnson fell into trouble last year, she positioned herself adroitly, never publicly breaking with him while burnishing her leadership credentials as a hawkish foreign secretary.
VIDEO: ?? Liz Truss is announced as winner of the vote to choose the leader of Britain’s Conservative Party, thereby becoming the UK’s next Prime Minister. In her acceptance speech, she pledges a ‘bold plan to cut taxes and grow our economy’ while tackling energy supply issues pic.twitter.com/Mh8CUxr2Dw
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