Commentary
According to media polls, Liz Truss was odds-on favorite to become the new British prime minister ever since the Conservative Party whittled the candidates down to just her and Rishi Sunak on July 20. In the end her winning margin was tighter than expected at 57 percent to 43 percent.
It was Sunak’s shock resignation as finance minister that precipitated Boris Johnson’s departure, whereas Truss as foreign secretary was one of the few ministers not to jump ship, and loyalty counts for a lot in Conservative circles.
In terms of policy, will Truss continue in the center-left mold of her predecessors—Johnson, Theresa May, and David Cameron—or will she try to take her party some way back to its traditional conservative roots?…