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Today in Focus

What can Britain expect from Liz Truss as prime minister?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Liz Truss succeeds Boris Johnson as prime minister in the midst of a cost of living crisis on top of a bulging in-tray of difficult issues. Pippa Crerar explains how she will approach the job and how she may differ from her predecessor. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:12.5

Today, the Liz Trust era begins.

0:16.0

Welcome Britain, expect from its new Prime Minister.

0:33.4

It was a race that dragged on all summer.

0:36.9

And in the end, it was down to Liz Trust and Rishi Sinek to battle it out to become the next Prime Minister.

0:43.2

But by the time the two of them entered, the Queen Elizabeth Hall yesterday lunchtime,

0:48.8

there wasn't much suspense over the final result.

0:52.0

The Guardian's political editor, Pippa Carrera, was there.

0:56.1

Actually, it all started just before we entered the room.

0:59.4

As I was crowding in amongst other journalists and conservative MPs and members and officials,

1:04.7

we spotted Liz Trust's heading up stairs in the Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre in a lift.

1:09.7

And as she walked into the lift there was a big grin on her face, which I suppose belied the fact

1:14.2

she had even knew that she had won the Tory Crown.

1:17.6

Rishi Sinek, 60,399, Liz Trust, 81,326.

1:26.4

Therefore, I give notice that Liz Trust is elected as the leader of the Conservative and Unionist party.

1:32.6

Barely looking behind her or even offering her defeated opponent a handshake,

1:40.8

suddenly the Liz Trust era had begun.

1:44.5

I'd like to thank the 1922 Committee, the Party Chairman and the Conservative Party

1:50.9

for organising one of the longest job interviews in history.

1:54.8

Thank you very much.

1:56.7

The speech itself was a bit underwhelming, really.

2:00.2

Boris, you got Brexit done.

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