Liz Truss on Thursday got another major boost to her campaign to become the UK’s next prime minister after Sajid Javid declared his support.
It’s a significant blow to Truss’s opponent Rishi Sunak, who was the chief secretary to the Treasury when Javid was the chancellor. Sunak succeeded Javid when he resigned as the chancellor in 2020 and described his former boss as his “mentor.”
Writing in The Times of London, Javid described both candidates as being “very credible,” but argued Truss is “best placed” to reunite the Conservative Party and restore a sense of purpose with “a bold Conservative policy agenda.”…