Kwasi Kwarteng, product of conservative diversity policy, now Chancellor of the Exchequer

The announcement surprised no one.

Tuesday September 6, a few hours after being symbolically dubbed by Queen Elizabeth II, Liz Truss appointed Kwasi Kwarteng to the second highest post in the British political hierarchy: that of Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister responsible for Finance and the Treasury. .

It was a promise between the two members of the Conservative Party, and even a "

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reveals .

This Friday, September 23, the new Chancellor passes his first real test by presenting the government budget.

Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng have been very close since the start of their career.

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,” says Agnès Alexandre-Collier, professor of British civilization at the University of Burgundy, specialist in political life in the United Kingdom and in particular the Conservative Party.

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