This time, the immutable ritual of the transfer of power did not take place in Buckingham, as is the tradition, nor even in Windsor.
It is in the land of Scotland, in the royal residence of Balmoral, that Queen Elizabeth II, who suffers from mobility problems, dubbed the new Prime Minister, who kissed her hands.
The sovereign, wearing a tartan skirt and leaning on her cane, tasked Liz Truss with forming a government.
Previously, she had received Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie for forty minutes,
"graciously accepting"
the resignation of the first.
Liz Truss is therefore now the fourth British prime minister in six years, a rapid succession that does not really reflect the political stability that Brexit was supposed to bring.
Upon her return to rainy London, she gave her first speech outside 10 Downing Street.
As a preamble to this short address, she once again paid tribute to her predecessor for having succeeded in Brexit…
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