New PM: How Johnson loyalist Liz Truss bagged the top job in British politics

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[FarCenter]

...Who is 47-year-old Liz Truss and how did she manage to overtake her rival Rishi Sunak in the race to succeed Boris Johnson?

With 57.4 percent of the vote in the Conservative Party leadership contest, Truss can savour a comfortable victory over ex-chancellor Sunak. The outgoing foreign secretary's success is all the more satisfying because her challenger was initially the bookmakers' favourite to be the next prime minister. Truss's triumph can be explained by some strategic moves on her part that have played to the party faithful, but also by mishaps in the campaign of her rival.

When the scandal-plagued Johnson resigned as prime minister in July, Truss was by no means a shoo-in to replace him. She arguably received a boost when Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, seen as a likely frontrunner, announced he would not be standing. Once the field was whittled down to two candidates by Conservative MPs, Sunak was in the lead. The 42-year-old was seen as a political heavyweight who steered the British economy through the Covid-19 pandemic as finance minister.

But in the end, Sunak proved to be no match for his former colleague. During the leadership campaign, Truss, who was educated at state school, stressed that she does not come from a traditional Conservative background. On the contrary, her left-wing parents took her on anti-Thatcher protest marches in the 1980s. As a student, she joined the centre-left Liberal Democrats, before switching to the Conservatives in 1996, the year she graduated.

Truss successfully underscored her less privileged upbringing. "I was somebody who was not born into the Conservative Party. I went to school in Paisley and Leeds, I went to a comprehensive school. My parents were left-wing activists, and I've been on a political journey ever since," she said during an ITV televised debate July.

[sodpoodle]

The British want English Prime Ministers!!!!!

Sunak was born on 12 May 1980 in Southampton[6][7] to African Hindu parents of Indian descent, Yashvir and Usha Sunak.[8] He is the eldest of three siblings.[7] His father was born and raised in the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya (present-day Kenya), while his mother was born in Tanganyika (which later became part of Tanzania).[9] His grandparents were born in Punjab province, British India, and migrated from East Africa with their children to the UK in the 1960s

[FarCenter]

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220905-queen-elizabeth-ii-s-15-prime-ministers

Queen Elizabeth II’s 15 prime ministers

The monarch will ask Truss to form a government on Tuesday, once Boris Johnson has formally tendered his resignation.

Here is a list of the previous occupants of 10 Downing Street since the queen came to the throne in 1952.

Winston Churchill (Conservative, 1951-55)

Anthony Eden (Conservative, 1955-57)

Harold Macmillan (Conservative, 1957-63)

Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative, 1963-64)

Harold Wilson (Labour, 1964-70)

Edward Heath (Conservative, 1970-74)

Harold Wilson (Labour, 1974-76)

James Callaghan (Labour, 1976-79)

Margaret Thatcher (Conservative, 1979-90)

John Major (Conservative, 1990-97)

Tony Blair (Labour, 1997-2007)

Gordon Brown (Labour, 2007-10)

David Cameron (Conservative, 2010-16)

Theresa May (Conservative, 2016-19)

Boris Johnson (Conservative, 2019-22)

[nwrep]

Strangely, he is much more privileged and vastly wealthier than she is.

[iamgalt]

“her left-wing parents took her on anti-Thatcher protest marches in the 1980s. As a student, she joined the centre-left Liberal Democrats,“

England is as dead as 8-tracks.

[FarCenter]

Not necessarily. There are none so righteous as the reformed sinner.

[joshua c]

the only thing i read about sunak is that he was telling everyone that he was pounding the table trying to end the lockdowns

he even went so far to say official meeting minutes were altered to take out his objections to the lockdown

maybe they did not buy it

[JudyinCanada]

Is she buddies with the WEF?

[Ge0ffrey]

The new boss is the same as the old boss, and most likely a TINO.

[dfwgator]

Teresa May - The Sequel

[FarCenter]

She has been a presenter at the WEF

https://www.weforum.org/events/the-davos-agenda-2021/sessions/fixing-the-international-trade-system-western-hemisphere

[JudyinCanada]

Thought as much - thanks.

[SueRae]

I wish her and the country well. And I hope this news portends well for our own midterms. Just like Brexit, followed by the Trump election.

[SmokingJoe]

Which in itself doesn't mean much.
Almost all world leaders have been there.

[SmokingJoe]

Won very comfortably.

Liz Truss will be next UK Prime Minister - watch winning speech in full

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfYemHH6qIc

[teevolt]

This is the equivalent of Hillary Clinton leading the Republicans. Conservative party is dead in England.

[SmokingJoe]

The new boss is the same as the old boss

Nope.

[SmokingJoe]

This is the equivalent of Hillary Clinton leading the Republicans.

Not even close.

Conservative party is dead in England.

That may apply to the Labour Party, who haven't won for ages.

[teevolt]

She is a WEF stooge. The illegal swarm will continue on the shores, more war promotion, a “tax cut” (more like a tax time shift) paid for with money printing and debt. A conservative party that supports destruction of society through immigration, while at the same time looting the country through war and debt is useless and dead. All they offer is false hope.

[SmokingJoe]

You are going to need to actually listen to what she says, instead of repeating far left propaganda and gaslighting.
They had so many debates in this leadership campaign, all posted on YouTube.
First of all, she has sworn off ANY lowdown's for any “pandemic” for starters. She thinks the lowdown's were a mistake.
That's an excellent start.