Liz Truss

2022 - 7 - 20

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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will go head-to-head in the race to ... (CNBC)

The results of the final vote, which falls to Conservative Party members, are set to be announced by Sept. 5 at the latest, with Johnson expected to remain ...

In a Tuesday YouGov poll of Conservative Party members, Sunak was seen losing to both Mordaunt and Truss in the final two-way round of votes. A separate YouGov poll Wednesday showed that more than half (52%) of Conservative Party members consider personality the top trait they see when electing a new leader. But little is assured in the fast-moving world of British politics. International Trade Minister Mordaunt slipped to the bottom of the runoff with 105 votes. Sunak received 118 votes, followed by Mordaunt with 92 and Truss with 86. Former Finance Minister Sunak maintained his lead, winning 137 votes, while Foreign Secretary Truss came in second with 113 votes.

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Tory Leader Odds: Liz Truss Is Frontrunner to Become Next UK ... (Bloomberg)

Two candidates remain in the battle to succeed Boris Johnson as leader of the UK Conservative Party and Prime Minister, as betting companies adjust their ...

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Rishi Sunak & Liz Truss Make Final Two To Replace Boris Johnson ... (Deadline)

Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss have made it to the final two in the race to replace Boris Johnson.

Although Sunak was comfortably ahead of Truss with MPs, bookmakers and polls have frequently placed both Truss and Mordaunt as likely winners against Sunak with Conservative members. Sunak’s resignation two weeks ago sparked Johnson’s downfall, with a further 50 MPs stepping down during a dramatic 48 hours before Johnson was eventually forced to secede. Mordaunt took 105 noms.

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Liz Truss, a Margaret Thatcher fan at UK's diplomatic helm (Associated Press)

LONDON (AP) — Fans of Liz Truss think she is the new Iron Lady. Britain's foreign secretary is one of the two final contenders to replace Boris Johnson as ...

But EU leaders and officials hoping she would bring a softer tone to the U.K.’s relations with the bloc have been disappointed. In Britain’s 2016 referendum on whether to leave the European Union, Truss backed the losing “remain” side. As foreign secretary, Truss has been front and center in Britain’s support for Ukraine and Western sanctions against Russia over the invasion of its neighbor. She ran unsuccessfully for Parliament twice before being elected to represent the eastern England seat of Southwest Norfolk in 2010. Many praise her firm response to the invasion of Ukraine, and she secured the release of two British nationals jailed in Iran where her predecessors had failed. Britain’s foreign secretary is one of the two final contenders to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister.

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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are final candidates in race to succeed ... (CNN)

Boris Johnson will be succeeded as prime minister of the United Kingdom by either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss after the Conservative Party leadership race was ...

Opposition leaders would be quick to remind Sunak that he was fined at the same Partygate event as Johnson. And as soon as the new leader takes over, the opposition Labour Party will be only too willing to remind whoever succeeds Johnson that they were part of that government. Sunak has been considered the frontrunner for a long time. The best known scandal was "Partygate" in which Johnson and several political allies -- including Sunak -- were fined by police for breaching the government's own Covid-19 restrictions. And frankly, that's enough to be going on with. I'm ready to hit the ground running from day one."

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