UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss becomes the new British Prime Minister.

UK Foreign
Secretary Liz Truss has been elected as the winner of the Conservative Party
leadership election 2022 to become Britain’s new Prime Minister replacing Boris
Johnson. Liz Truss beats Rishi Sunak, with 81,326 votes. Sunak received 60,399
votes.
“I am
honoured to be elected Leader of the Conservative Party. Thank you for putting
your trust in me to lead and deliver for our great country. I will take bold
action to get all of us through these tough times, grow our economy, and
unleash the United Kingdom’s potential,” Truss tweeted.
During Liz
Truss’s winning speech she thanked everyone from the 1922 committee to her family,
friends and even to fellow candidates and the current Prime Minister, Boris
Johnson.
“Well,
thank you Sir Graham. It's an honour to be elected as leader of the
Conservative and Unionist Party. I'd like to thank the 1922 Committee, the
party chairman, and the Conservative Party for organising one of the longest
job interviews in history. Thank you very much. I'd also like to thank my
family, my friends, my political colleagues, and all of those who helped on
this campaign. I'm incredibly grateful for all of your support.”
“I'd like
to pay tribute to my fellow candidates, particularly Rishi Sunak. It's been a
hard-fought campaign. I think we have shown the depth and breadth of talent in
our Conservative party. I also want to thank our outgoing leader, my friend,
Boris Johnson. Boris, you got Brexit done. You crushed Jeremy Corbyn. You
rolled out the vaccine and you stood up to Vladimir Putin. You are admired from
Kyiv to Carlisle.”
“Friends
and colleagues thank you for putting your faith in me to lead our great
Conservative Party, the greatest political party on earth. I know that our
beliefs resonate with the British people. Our beliefs in freedom, in the
ability to control your own life, in low taxes, in personal responsibility. And
I know that's why people voted for us in such numbers in 2019. And as your
party leader, I intend to deliver what we promised those voters right across
our great country.” – Liz Truss
She
further stated to govern as a conservative just like she campaigned as a
conservative. Truss also promised to cut taxes, deal with energy crises and
rebuild National Health Service among others.
“I
campaigned as a conservative, and I will govern as a conservative. And my friends,
we need to show that we will deliver over the next two years. I will deliver a
bold plan to cut taxes and grow our 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. And I will deliver on the National Health Service”
she said.
The newly
elected Liz Truss will be formally appointed as the Prime Minister of Britain
on Tuesday, September 6 by Queen Elizabeth.
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