Liz Truss will meet this Friday in London with King Charles III. History will record that in the space of four days, the new British Prime Minister will have had the unusual honor of meeting two sovereigns of the United Kingdom. On Tuesday, in effect, Elizabeth II had received her in audience at Balmoral, Scotland, thus becoming the definitive head of government of the long reign that is closing.
The death of the Queen of England on Thursday brings unprecedented relief to her entry into office, at the risk of exposing the faults attributed to her by observers and her political competitors. In addition, the ten days of national mourning that are opening will make it difficult to apply her program in a particularly critical period for the United Kingdom.
Discomfort in the stands
The interview between Carlos III and Liz Truss will confront two characters known for being uncomfortable in public. If this private audience does not embarrass them, Liz Truss will still have to accompany the emotion of the British during her next speeches. Because, as an editorial in the guardian, your representation obligations at this time of collective mourning will be thoroughly scrutinized and no missteps will be allowed. However, Liz Truss’s shortcomings in the gallery are notorious according to observers.
He took no chances on Thursday night when he delivered his eulogy from the front steps of 10 Downing Street, sticking to some very simple considerations, compiled in three minutes. “The death of the Queen is a shock to the Kingdom and to the world. Queen Elizabeth II was the foundation on which the United Kingdom prospered. (…) The United Kingdom is this great country that it is today thanks to her “, said. she released her, judging: “She was the spirit of the United Kingdom and this spirit will continue”.
“She was a personal inspiration for me as for many Britons,” he finally blurted out.
A caution justified both by the solemnity of the moment and by the threat of getting out of the way. Thus, on Monday, when the Conservative Party congress registered his appointment, no one missed the moment of hesitation after the tribute he had just paid to his predecessor: a few seconds of silence in a room that was obviously wondering if he had finished with its celebrating Boris Johnson or not. In the press, the Huffington Post The Brit exhausted the oratorical style of the prime minister: “One word comes to mind in the face of these slow blinks, these awkward pauses, and these sometimes wobbly phrases: shame.”
stark contrast
The contrast with the bombastic and flowery speech of Boris Johnson is very cruel. Lawrence Bernstein, a specialist in political communication, noted with Underground that the “decorative icing” of the “BoJo” speeches was definitely “gone”. “No matter what people think of Boris, he’s a brilliant speaker. You’d like him to speak at one of your parties. Maybe he’d avoid Liz on the other hand,” he compared. “He is not known to be a born speaker,” Lawrence Bernstein further euphemized, even extending: “He does not come off as a charismatic speaker.”
The consultant, however, took the trouble to characterize the Trussian speech: “She tries to seem direct and reliable.” “She looks like she’s going to try to rule as someone who does exactly what the package says. There’s no point in barking in vain,” she observed.
False start under high surveillance
The problem is that by force of circumstances, Liz Truss’s power will immediately be reduced to a ministry of the word, because Parliament is about to plunge into a ten-day sleep, the time of mourning, as the schedule of the daily mail. On Wednesday, Liz Truss also snapped over the announcement of her deteriorating health at the same time she revealed her shock therapy for the UK.
And, if he revealed a 150,000 million pound plan to freeze energy prices, it is above all his action that seems frozen this Friday by the sudden death of Elizabeth II. His team, which had been determined to plan in detail his first hundred days at the head of the Government, must now start from scratch, reports here the guardian.
After this false start, Liz Truss will have to continue with a sprint. Because the situation that he is called to rectify is serious, CNN points out. Inflation jumped 10% in July, for the first time in 40 years. Household electricity bills have increased by an average of 54% over the year, and the country is heading into recession. At the same time, public services are sinking into crisis and reeling from obvious underfunding and understaffing.
Finally, Liz Truss faces a more hidden but no less urgent danger. Both expelled from the government, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak – who was her rival in the Conservative appointment process – are preparing to sit in the House of Commons and in the Party authorities. And the latter will surely not forgive you for any missteps.
Source: BFM TV
