Britain’s Conservative party Monday announced Liz Truss as its new leader to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson and confront Britain’s deepest economic crisis in decades.
The foreign secretary comfortably beat her rival, former finance minister Rishi Sunak, by about 57 to 43 percent after a gruelling summer-long contest decided by just over 170,000 Conservative members — a tiny sliver of Britain’s electorate.
Truss of the Conservative Party is Britain’s Foreign Secretary and set to be the country’s next Prime Minister.
She will be replacing Boris Johnson.
Truss while speaking in London, said she would deliver.
Details later..