Posted on 09/09/2022 10:16:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Mary Elizabeth Truss has been elected prime minister of the United Kingdom, the third woman to rise to the government post, following Theresa May and Margaret Thatcher who were also members of the Conservative and Unionist Party.
Truss was elected leader of the ruling Conservative Party on Monday, defeating Rishi Sunak, a former chief secretary of the Treasury and chancellor of the Exchequer, by 57.4% to 42.6%.
The 47-year-old Truss, who championed tax cuts and opposed "woke" identity politics, will be succeeding Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is leaving office following a series of controversies, including what has been dubbed the "partygate" scandal that was among the circumstances that led to his resignation.
Here are seven interesting facts about Truss, the new U.K. prime minister. They include her past government experience, her religious beliefs, and how she used to oppose England having a monarchy.
Truss was a student at Oxford University where she studied politics, philosophy and economics (PPE) and was president of the Oxford University Liberal Democrats, having been raised by left-leaning parents.
At the time, Truss was opposed to the U.K. having a monarchy, explaining at a 1994 conference in Brighton that she and her peers “do not believe people are born to rule.”
She has since gone more rightward in her politics and, following her college years, has considered the royals “essential” to the country, explaining to the BBC that, in her younger years, “I was a professional controversialist and I liked exploring ideas and stirring things up.”
“People may know about me that I have a bit of a dubious past,” she told a group of Tories earlier this year, as reported by The Washington Post.
“We all make mistakes, we all had teenage misadventures, and that was mine.”
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Is this the racist hoe that vowed to discriminate against white British men and wants British troops on the ground in Ukraine? What a ####
It’s just cover... she is WEF.
Her true colors will show at 2nd stress point and by who she brings along to 10 Downing...
“Profesional Controversialist”... I am so stealing that!
She’s already smarter than President Retard
That was easy
“ “Profesional Controversialist”... I am so stealing that!”
I just like to mouth off 😆
She wouldn’t have ascended to that position if she wasn’t part of the problem. We should all know that by now.
Cuz I know I could go on for another 20 minutes...easily. lol
Seems like just another pagan ladder climber. Like Biden.
Another WEF neocon puppet. A “conservative” who name drops Thatcher that gets nothing but positive press. 🤔
She is coyly ambivalent on several key social issues. Admitting that she was a libtard in her youth makes her a bit like me, so I can cut her that slack.
Her philosophical evolution has been in the “right” direction; but she is and will be a euroweenie and a typical bow-t0-the-pressure squish.
I wouldn’t count on her for anything — particularly national defense.
Anti-monarchy past , well Charlies will probably destroy it himself
Truss is proudly and openly both pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage, and has a clear track record voting for both as an PM.
Nothing "coyly ambivalent" about that at all.
Ah, I stand corrected, I guess; you seem to have a superior grasp on the situation and the language. It’s nice being gainsaid by one with such insight.
She’s allowing fracking in the UK.
Her Chancellor of the Exchequer just gave a speech so free market it makes Thatcher look like a Laborite.
I think this could get interesting for Old Blighty!
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