The British are known masters of diplomacy and politics. This is exemplified in the quote by its former Prime Minister Winston Churchill who said: “’Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.” That was how Britain, an island in the North Read More…
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UK PM Liz Truss resigns
Six weeks after being appointed, British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced on Thursday that she was leaving. Her economic policy, which last month shocked the financial markets and split her Conservative Party, was the cause of her downfall. Speaking to reporters outside her office at Number 10 Downing Street, Truss acknowledged that after losing the Read More…
UK PM Truss sacks Chancellor Kwarteng
After firing her finance minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, on Friday, British Prime Minister Liz Truss is anticipated to abandon key components of her government’s economic programme in an effort to weather the current market and political instability. Kwarteng said that he quit at Truss’s request and came back late the night before from IMF meetings in Read More…
Buhari congratulates new British PM Liz Truss
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, congratulated the new Prime Minister of Britain, Liz Truss, on her assumption of “this trusted position of leadership”. Truss, who served as foreign secretary in the Boris Johnson administration until her emergence, beat top contender Rishi Sunak on Monday under the Conservative Party. This is according Read More…
Liz Truss Officially Becomes New UK Prime Minister
Liz Truss has officially become the new prime minister of the UK after meeting Queen Elizabeth at the Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She is UK’s third female prime minister, and the 15th premier of the Queen’s 70 years on the throne. In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: “The Queen received in audience The Right Honourable Elizabeth Read More…
Newly elected Conservative Leader Liz Truss promises tax cuts as she gets set to become UK PM
Liz Truss is set to take up the reins of government as Britain’s next prime minister after winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party on Monday. She has promised to press ahead with tax cuts and deal with the growing energy crisis. After weeks of an often bad-tempered and divisive leadership contest, Truss, Read More…
Sunak, Truss are final candidates for UK PM
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will battle it out to become Britain’s next prime minister after they won the final lawmaker vote, setting up the last stage of the contest to replace Boris Johnson. International Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt was knocked out in the final round of balloting Read More…