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»The number of valid votes per candidate: Rishi Sunak 60,399, Liz Truss 81,326. Therefore I announce that Liz Truss has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party.«
Great Britain gets a new Prime Minister.
Members of the Conservative Party voted in favor of the current Secretary of State, Liz Truss.
Liz Truss, Prime Minister-Elect Great Britain
"Thank you for trusting me to lead our great Conservative party - the greatest party in the world."
Truss was once considered a liberal and EU supporter.
But then, like most of her party, she swung to a strictly conservative course.
Now Truss presents itself as a kind of “Thatcher 2.0”.
Liz Truss, Prime Minister-Elect Great Britain
“During this campaign I ran as a Conservative.
And I will govern as a Conservative.”
Truss comes into office at a difficult time: Great Britain is in a deep domestic political crisis.
The cost of living has risen rapidly in recent months.
The past two months have left a power vacuum in their search for a successor to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Virtually no major policy decision has been made since early July, despite inflation exceeding 10% and its disastrous consequences for millions of Britons.
Johnson took office in the summer of 2019 after his predecessor Theresa May failed on Brexit.
The ex-mayor of London is leaving his mark: as a Brexit bringer - but also because of numerous scandals and missteps - such as the "Partygate" affair, when parties were illegally celebrated in the British seat of government during the strict lockdown.
Nevertheless, Johnson does not rule out a return to politics - he passed the British Parliament accordingly in July.
Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of Great Britain
»Mr.
Speaker, I want to thank everyone here.
And: Hasta la vista, baby.
Thanks."
On Tuesday, Boris Johnson is to be officially dismissed by the British Queen and his successor Liz Truss will be named the new Prime Minister.