Liz Truss Becomes Britain’s New Prime Minister

Elizabeth Truss: Gallant, Beautiful New 'Thatcher' At 10 Downing Street

Britain’s Conservative Party on Monday announced that its members have chosen Liz Truss to replace Boris Johnson as new Prime Minister, reports Prime Business Africa.

Ms Liz Truss, 47 prevailed over Rishi Sunak by claiming 81,326 votes to Mr. Sunak’s 60,399 votes after a poll by a margin of 57.4 percent to her rival’s 42.6 percent.

The feat makes Truss Britain’s fourth prime minister in six years and third female leader, after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.

Britain has been dogged by double-digit inflation, a looming recession, labor unrest, soaring household energy bills and possible fuel shortages this winter

Ms. Liz Truss was most recently foreign secretary at 10 Downing Street and emerged from a crowded field of eight candidates by appealing to party members with a single-minded message of tax cuts and smaller government.

Truss pledged to cut taxes, grow the economy and energy problems facing the UK while Boris Johnson is expected to submit his resignation to the Queen of England on Tuesday.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.