INTERVIEW | Nile Gardiner on Who Is Liz Truss and How Will She Govern as UK’s New Prime Minister?

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🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The United Kingdom has a new prime minister. Liz Truss, a member of the Conservative Party, officially became the U.K.’s newest head of government Tuesday. But who is Truss, and what does her rise to power signify for the U.K. and its relationship with the United States? Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to talk about how the new prime minister is likely to govern. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, September 7.
0:09.8	I'm Doug Blair.
0:11.0	And today we have a question.
0:13.3	Can you trust new British Prime Minister Liz Truss?
0:16.9	That's the question.
0:18.3	Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stepped down and his replacement, well we don't really
0:21.9	know a lot about her.
0:23.2	So to figure out what exactly is going on with our new Prime Minister across the pond,
0:27.1	we spoke with Nile Gardner.
0:28.6	He's the director at the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom here at the Heritage Foundation
0:32.2	and he knows a little thing about British politics.
0:34.8	So what is her policy?
0:36.5	Is she going to rule conservatively?
0:38.5	Find out during my interview with Nile Gardner after this.
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