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Today in Focus

The rise and rise of Liz Truss

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.5778 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

As Boris Johnson faces questions over his future, Conservative members and MPs are looking at their options for who might replace him and one name keeps coming up. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:09.2

Today, as pressure mounts on Boris Johnson,

0:12.6

the Conservative Party may soon be looking for a new leader.

0:16.3

Could it be Liz Truss?

0:25.1

As foreign secretary,

0:26.8

I will ensure that our foreign policy delivers for everyone across our great country.

0:34.4

She's the foreign secretary, the Minister for Women and Equalities,

0:38.4

and now the country's chief Brexit negotiator.

0:41.4

Liz Truss, also the MP for Southwest Norfolk,

0:45.1

might reasonably be expected to have her hands full.

0:49.0

The world is moving very fast, and ideas are moving even faster.

0:53.6

But with Boris Johnson facing growing calls from his own colleagues to resign,

0:58.1

the Conservative Party could soon be looking for a new leader.

1:01.4

Every day, there's more revelations.

1:03.4

I think we're up to 17 incidents now.

1:06.4

I'm pretty sure that's not the end of it.

1:08.8

As colleagues are saying to one another and off the record,

1:12.0

I sadly think that the Prime Minister's position is untenable.

1:16.8

And Liz Truss, perhaps best known for her goofy public persona

1:21.1

and taste for expensive lunches,

1:23.9

has made little secret of her ambition to be Britain's next Prime Minister.

1:29.6

Once a remainer, now an ardent Brexiter,

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