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Liz Truss: Who is the new Prime Minister of Britain – The “left” past and anti-Thatcher slogans

A new day has begun for her Britain with the Liz Truss to be in place prime minister and holds the reins of the country, as well beat Rishi Sunak (42.6%) with 57.4%once a close associate of Boris Johnson.

The hard-line Conservative politician fought until the last minute in the succession race and from what was thought she would not make it to the final two for the election, she overturned all the odds and won the prime ministership.

But who is the new leader of the United Kingdom, who until now was considered a “graphic” politician, who simply reproduced neoliberal theory?

From the left… to the right

Liz Truss may have distinguished herself in politics from Britain’s right-wing party, however comes from a leftist family and as he stated one day before the elections “my mother disagrees with me politically, but supports me. As much as for my father, I’m not sure he’ll vote for me».

In accordance with news.sky.com, the British Prime Minister was born in 1975 and is the eldest of four siblings. When he was four he moved to Paisley, near Glasgow, and years later he settled in the affluent area of ​​Roundhay and attended Roundhay School.

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Also, from an early age he had relations with politics, as well since she was still a child, she went with her mother to left-wing political gatherings, since the second was a member of the Committee for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. In fact, as he has described for those years, she remembers herself standing next to her mother and chanting slogans against Margaret Thatcher.

Still, growing up and going for studies at Oxford University, joined the group Liberal Democrats and became its president. “We Liberal Democrats do not believe that people are born to rule”, she will characteristically say then in one of her speeches.

A career in the Conservatives

The 1996 Liz Truss will join the Conservativeswhile at the same time he will work in big companies, though until 2005 he will not be elected to any positionuntil David Cameron in 2009 will include her in an easy positionso that it comes out.

From 2010 therefore, it will be considered a “picturesque” right-wing politicianwhich though has all the ‘qualifications for a career’ in politicsI will he is content to write university books and yes deals with the partyas long as he does not hold positions in the government, which he receives directly from ministers.

Nevertheless, when the political crisis broke out in Britain after Boris Johnson’s corona parties, he became the only Conservative figure in a position of power whose image has not been tarnished.

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The “absolute” reversal

Since the start of the succession race for the prime minister, organized a serious campaignwhile tried to unite the divided leadership of the Conservatives.

Indeed, in the face of a great wave of indignation in the country, she also changed her stance from advocating for wage cuts and greater freedoms for entrepreneurs, took the exact opposite line.

No reduction in wages the purchasing power of the citizens” and reforms so that “those who owe give”promised voters among other things and from what appeared to be third place, he was finally elected Prime Minister, defeating Boris Johnson’s one-time right-hand man Rishi Sunak.

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The challenges and pre-election announcements

As Reuters reports, Britain’s new prime minister is faced with pulling the economy out of the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades. At the same time, it has a number of other problems, but Brexit and the war in Ukraine.

Here are Liz Truss’ key challenges and announcements she has made.

Cost of living crisis

By far the biggest challenge he will face will be helping citizens manage him highest inflation in four decadesthe jump in energy prices and warnings of a prolonged recession.

Truss said last month that favors tax cuts instead of “benefits” to help citizens with the cost of living crisis. However, it is expected to offer wider support to households.

Tras has too promised an emergency budget shortly after taking office, with tax cuts. This will include withdrawing the increase in social security contributions by 1.25 percentage points.

Strikes

The new prime minister will be immediately confronted with the wrath of the heads of labor unions. Railroad workers, lawyers, health care workers and academics are striking or planning walkouts as inflation fuels demands for higher pay.

In order to deal with this unrest, Tras has said it will take “tough and decisive action” to curb strike action of the unions.

Brexit

The Trust will have to manage the practicalities of leaving the European Union, fulfilling a commitment to rewrite the deal reached by its predecessor.

So, he has committed to repeal all remaining European Union laws which continue to apply in Britain until 2023.

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Immigrant

The British government has been trying for years to reduce the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats to reach Britain.

To stem the flow of migrants, the government announced plans in April to send people arriving on its shores to Rwanda where their asylum claims will be processed. The first planned deportation flight in June was blocked by a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.

Tras has pledged to expand the policy by sending asylum seekers to other countries. This policy is determined to pay offsaying Britain will legislate its withdrawal from the European Court of Human Rights if it continues to obstruct that policy.

War in Ukraine

Britain is one of Ukraine’s biggest suppliers of military equipment, sending almost 7,000 anti-tank weapons, hundreds of missiles and armored fighting vehicles. It also trains Ukrainian soldiers.

Tras has promised to continue Britain’s military and economic support to Ukraine. The problem is what will happen in the event that international support for Ukraine begins to wane.

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Source: News Beast

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