Liz Truss ' season officially begins today at the helm of the British executive: Prime Minister number 15 in the 70-year record reign of 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth, is the fourth conservative head of government in a row from 2010 to today and the third woman in history British after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.
The handover took place for the first time in the Scottish royal residence of Balmoral , a thousand kilometers from London, from where the sovereign was unable to travel for an ad hoc trip due to medical recommendation. Everything took place according to tradition, complete with a "kiss hand" to the monarch (reduced to a bow with handshake).
The sovereign first accepted "graciously" the early resignation of Boris Johnson 3 years after his election triumph in 2019, then received Truss to "invite" her to form the new cabinet.
Johnson gave her place this morning when, with First Lady Carrie at her side, he once again claimed the work he had done saying he was "proud" of the results achieved on the implementation of Brexit, the anti-Covid vaccination campaign, unemployment at an all-time low or front row support for Ukraine against "Vladimir Putin's blackmail".
In the first speech in the shadow of the black door number 10, the neo-leader has meanwhile reiterated the hard line towards Moscow . But above all, he promised to take the United Kingdom "out of the storm" of the global and national crisis that has hit in recent months and provoked, he said, by Putin himself.
Therefore, the contents of an immediate ad hoc energy plan that provides for the freezing of bills to be charged have therefore been announced within this week - before the promises on tax cuts, the relaunch of health and infrastructure, on the "courageous programs" for the modernization of the country of families for at least 18 months, with subsidies and public funds that in spite of Thatcherism could cost up to 100 billion pounds.
(Unioneonline / D)