Liz Truss’s brand of economic libertarianism, political optimism and hawkishness proved decisive in the 2022 leadership contest, writes Nicolas Allen.
Liz Truss’s brand of economic libertarianism, political optimism and hawkishness proved decisive in the 2022 leadership contest, writesThe United Kingdom’s next prime minister will be Liz Truss. After a two-month contest, Conservative Party members have chosen her as their new leader. All that remains is for Truss to travel to Balmoral in Scotland where she will be formally invited by the Queen to form a government.
Truss is an avowed economic libertarian. She enthusiastically supported to remain in the 2016 referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. She has preached the benefits of Brexit and adopted a notably hawkish stance against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. He resigned from that role after being accused of sexually assaulting two men at a private members club. Pincher said he had “drunk far too much” and embarrassed himself, but denied the accusations and remains an independent MP. Further historic allegations of sexual misconduct emerged, raising questions about what Johnson knew, and when.
Lastly, Johnson had come to be seen as an electoral liability. The Conservatives had been behind Labour in the opinion polls since the end of 2019, and more recently had lost a string of byelections to Labour and the Liberal Democrats. Conservative MPs, especially in marginal seats, were worried. Political parties have their own rules about how to select a new leader. Before 1965, new Conservative leaders emerged from consultations with senior party figures. From then until 1998, new leaders were chosen exclusively by Conservative MPs. Thereafter, they have been elected via a two-stage process in which MPs select two candidates, and then party members – for the Conservatives,Eight candidates participated in the first stage of the contest to replace Johnson.
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