Mary Elizabeth Truss to become UK's next prime minister
Ms Truss, who was the favourite to win, will succeed Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, and become the nation's third female leader.
The foreign secretary used her victory speech to indicate she would not trigger an early general election, instead pledging to secure "a great victory for the Conservative Party in 2024".
Truss thanks her 'friend' Boris
In a short speech after the result was announced, she issued her thanks to her "friend" Mr Johnson, who controversially allowed his buddy and former governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert to controversially call a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Virgin Islands during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when he [Johnson] used the same pandemic as an excuse to reject calls for a CoI into his own government.
"You got Brexit done. You crushed Jeremy Corbyn. You rolled out the vaccine and you stood up to Vladimir Putin," Truss said.
Mr Johnson, who was forced to resign after a wave of ministers left his government over a series of controversies, will visit the Queen at Balmoral to formally tender his resignation tomorrow.
Reacting to Ms Truss's victory, Mr Johnson said she "has the right plan to tackle the cost of living crisis, unite our party and continue the great work of uniting and levelling up our country".
Ms Truss did not enjoy the support of the majority of MPs during the parliamentary stage of the contest, with Mr Sunak coming out on top among fellow Tories.
Tories believe in 'freedom, low taxes & personal responsibility'- Truss
In her victory speech, Ms Truss reiterated her promise to "deliver a bold plan" to cut taxes and grow the economy.
"I will deliver on the energy crisis dealing with people's energy bills, but also dealing with the long term issues we have on energy supply," she said.
She said Tory beliefs in freedom, low taxes and personal responsibility "resonate with the British people".
Mr Sunak and Ms Truss were whittled down to the final two candidates after five rounds of voting by Tory MPs.
The pair went head-to-head over a summer of hustings and live television debates, during which they clashed repeatedly over their plans for the economy.
Party members had from August 1 to September 2, 2022, to cast their votes, which were counted over the weekend.
Ms Truss will officially become prime minister tomorrow, when she will travel to Balmoral to meet the Queen, who will invite her to form a government.
She will then return to Downing Street, where she is expected to make her first speech as prime minister and begin forming her cabinet.
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30 Responses to “Mary Elizabeth Truss to become UK's next prime minister”
If you do not believe that the Uk has a governance problem, since 2016, this is their 4th prime minister, David Cameron, 2010-2016, Theresa May's Boris Johnson and now Liz Truss. The only reason the conservatives are still in power is because the other side have had some weak @££ candidates for the last 12 years. Mark my words if they have another election before the next two years, they done. These are the same folks that is telling us about our government and governance.
Corbyn wanted to destroy our financial services, so %&&* him
People we need to pray more... sad state of affairs.