As I Predicted, Liz Truss Is the Next UK Prime Minister As Boris Johnson Departs

Liz Truss is the incoming prime minister of the United Kingdom. When the UK cooked for Boris Johnson and he could not handle it, I predicted on July 7 that Ms Truss could become the next leader. That call has just been validated with her ascension.

Read the piece: ‘“When Boris resigned, I scanned the whole United Kingdom and the only leader I felt was possibly going to become the new Prime Minister was Ms Truss. I had dropped her as the new potential new Prime Minister. British politics is highly predictable as they elect for the “moment”‘.

Looking at her performance in the foreign desk, she could be as tough as Margaret Thatcher. However, her main job now will be to ensure that the UK does not derail economically.

Liz Truss will be Britain’s next prime minister after she was elected leader of the ruling Conservative Party on Monday, ending a race to succeed the scandal-tarnished Boris Johnson.

Truss, 47, has served as foreign secretary and was the clear front-runner for the job. She clinched victory by appealing to the right-wing party faithful as a tax-cutting, anti-“woke” candidate who would take a hard line on post-Brexit dealings with the European Union.

She inherits a country facing a dire winter energy crisis, widespread strikes and economic recession — as well as long-term questions about the erosion of its cherished public services and its status as a world power after Brexit. Those issues were largely absent from discussion in the two-month leadership race, which saw her defeat former finance minister Rishi Sunak by 57% to 43% in the final runoff.

As I Posited, Liz Truss Makes The Finals To Replace Boris Johnson with Implications for Ukraine

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