Liz Truss wins. But can she deliver, deliver, deliver?
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
As predicted, Liz Truss has beaten Rishi Sunak in the race to become the next prime minister of the UK. She won the Tory leadership contest by a comfortable majority, securing 81,326 votes (57 per cent) to Sunak’s 60,399 (43 per cent).
Anoosh Chakelian, Rachel Wearmouth, Freddie Hayward and Ben Walker discuss her promises to “deliver” in a muted victory speech, why polls predicted a landslide victory that didn't quite emerge, and the series of daunting challenges that lie ahead for her – including economic crisis and an all-round lack of popular support.
Then in You Ask Us, a listener asks about Truss’s plan for energy bills.
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| 0:28.3 | Hi, I'm Anouche. |
| 0:37.6 | And I'm Rachel. |
| 0:38.5 | I'm Freddie. |
| 0:39.8 | And I'm Ben. |
| 0:40.8 | And on today's episode of The New Statesman Podcast, |
| 0:43.1 | we respond to the news that Liz Truss |
| 0:45.0 | will be the next Prime Minister. |
| 0:46.6 | And you ask us, what's her plan for energy bills? |
| 0:54.8 | So we're recording just after Liz Truss |
| 0:56.7 | has been announced as the new Prime Minister. |
| 0:59.6 | Rishi Sunak, 60,399. |
| 1:03.9 | Liz Truss, 81,326. |
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