Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday called on the Conservative Party to unite “100%” around Liz Truss, who won the race to succeed him but inherits a majority weakened by scandal and divided by the campaign.
“Now is the time for all conservatives to support her 100%,” Boris Johnson wrote on the social network Twitter, after congratulating the current Secretary of State and her successor in the leadership of the party and government on the ” convincing” victory.
For Johnson, Truss has “the right plan to address the cost of living crisis, unite our party and continue the great work of unifying and leveling our country.”
The foreign minister was declared the winner of the Conservative Party leadership race today with 81,236 votes (57%), while rival Rishi Sunak, former finance minister, 60,399 (43%), won a smaller gap than the polls indicate.
Truss, 47, will become Britain’s third female Prime Minister, after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May, and the fourth politician in six years.
In a speech after the results were announced, he promised “a bold plan to cut taxes and grow the economy” of the country.
“I will come up with measures to tackle the energy crisis and reduce people’s energy bills, but also to solve the long-term problems with the energy supply,” he added.
In a message of unity, the new Tories leader also assured that she will “use all the fantastic talents of the Conservative Party” to form the new government, whose composition is to be announced on Tuesday.
Boris Johnson will inform Queen Elizabeth II of his resignation on Tuesday and the monarch will nominate Liz Truss and ask her to form a government with a parliamentary majority as leader of the party.
The hearings will take place at Balmoral Castle, in the north of Scotland, where the Queen currently resides, breaking with the tradition of taking place at Buckingham Palace, with a spokesman for the 96-year-old monarch citing mobility issues to prevent travel to London. to avoid .
Source: DN
