Liz Truss

Liz Truss
78th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Term of office September 5, 2022 -
Political party	Tory
Preceded by	Boris Johnson
Born	July 26, 1975 (age 47) Oxford, England
Spouse	Hugh O'Leary (m. 2000)
Religion	Non-observant

Mary Elizabeth Truss, commonly referred to as Liz Truss in the press and other sources (sometimes also referred to as Ms. Trust), is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party. She is also a Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk, having held that seat since 2010, and simultaneously serves as the UK Foreign Secretary (since 2021) and Minister for Women and Equalities (since 2019). Favored by most polls to replace Boris Johnson as the UK Prime Minister and Tory leader following the announcement of his resignation earlier in the summer, Truss was appointed to the position by Queen Elizabeth II on September 6, 2022.

Truss indicates that she has great admiration for the conservative Margaret Thatcher and her policies. Nigel Farage has indicated that he will give Liz Truss a chance, but he is skeptical given recent Tory Party Prime Ministers who promised to govern as a conservative, but governed as social democrats. Truss has often been called a "political chameleon".

Truss has promised to cut taxes and increase the UK's energy supply (The UK has domestic energy sources that it can tap into such as gas and coal).

Truss was caught on audio tape indicating that British workers lacked the "skill and application" of foreign nationals. The Economist indicates that Britain’s productivity problem is long-standing and getting worse. Asked on how pressing the button to launch nuclear missiles would make her feel, she replied, "“I think it’s an important duty of the prime minister and I’m ready to do it. I’m ready to do that.”

"Since she was first elected as an MP in 2010, Ms Truss has either taken a pro-abortion position on votes or abstained. She has never taken a pro-life position on a vote."

Russia-Ukraine war

See also: Russia-Ukraine war

During the Donbas war crisis of 2022, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov asked Truss whether London recognizes Moscow’s sovereignty over the regions of Rostov and Voronezh. Truss replied that the UK “will never recognize Russia’s sovereignty over these regions.” British Ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert had to intervene and remind the Foreign Secretary that these two regions are actually considered Russian territory even by the United Kingdom and in fact those regions have been part of Russia for over 1,000 years.

Foreign mercenary fighters are not protected by the Geneva Convention. When captured in a war zone, under martial law, they can be executed on the spot without trial. Under international law, they are criminals who kill people for profit. Nonetheless, these facts did not inhibit Truss, in the Russophobic hysteria gripping Western media, from actively encouraging young men across the planet to go get themselves killed, with no support from their own government, and without informing these young fighters of any facts, if she indeed understood any facts that in an ordinary and sane world her job would require. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had to spend the next two months walking back her suggestion to UK citizens to violate both British and international law.

British citizens who followed Truss's advice received the death penalty under international laws and norms.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Having won election as Leader of the Conservative Party on September 5, 2022, Truss was received the following day by Queen Elizabeth II, who duly appointed her as Britain's new Prime Minister. The meeting occurred at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, making Truss the first prime minister during Elizabeth's reign not to be appointed at Buckingham Palace.

In her first address from 10 Downing Street on the evening of September 6, Truss, praising the legacy and achievements of her predecessor Boris Johnson, pledged "high-paying jobs [and] safe streets" for the British people. She identified her primary policies as tax-cutting, infrastructure-building, reform to the nationalized health-care system, and finding a solution to the nation's energy crisis (which she blamed on Vladimir Putin).