Liz Truss has risen from the dead. He was given a quick and undignified burial after suffering the indignity of being the shortest-serving Prime Minister in UK history (49 days). It is not unusual in British politics for a head of government who has resigned to remain in his seat in the House of Commons […]
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What a favor Liz Truss has done PP
Never before has international information done so much damage to the People’s Party. Liz Truss became the biggest victim of the fiscal fantasy, which did not exceed 49 days in Downing Street. Outside of the UK, it is the PP that has had to hit the hardest due to the failure of the former British […]
Controversy over annual allowance of up to €130,000 that Liz Truss could receive
Labor leader Keir Starmer said on Friday that Liz Truss should not receive the £115,000 (€131,675) annual allowance she was entitled to as Britain’s former prime minister. “I have to reject him. I think this is correct. He has served 44 days in office, he has no right to do that, he should reject it […]
Liz Truss and the Triumph of Mediocrity
Conversions are the worst. Liz Truss campaigned to remain in the 2016 referendum to keep the UK in the EU. With the victory of his supporters in the elections, the then Minister of Environment quickly made a political career, and he was not the only one. Several Tory heavyweights who supported remaining in the EU […]
Liz Truss’ historic failure sinks neoliberal dogma
Liz Truss became Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister. He came to power to replace Boris Johnson – also forced to resign after an internal revolt – and he did so by embodying neoliberal dogma at its purest and promising massive tax cuts in an unfavorable economic context. The strategy, which the British think tank Institute for […]
British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after 6 weeks
British Prime Minister Liz Truss is stepping down after six weeks in office after losing power amid criticism from within her own party. The Conservative leader thus becomes the fourth head of the British government to be forced to resign in more than six years. The Trust announced its decision this Wednesday in a statement […]
Britain’s Home Secretary resigns and pressure mounts on Liz Truss
Britain’s Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, resigned this Wednesday after taking up the post a month and a half ago when Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss came to power. The resignation comes amid growing pressure within the Conservative Party for Truss to leave Downing Street. The Prime Minister is in deep crisis after the political and […]
Liz Truss says she is “fully committed” to increasing pensions in line with inflation
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday that she is “fully committed” to increasing pensions in line with rising inflation. Truss said he would maintain a ‘triple lock’ [triple cierre]A rule introduced by the Conservative government in 2010 required them to increase state-funded pensions by the higher of three elements: inflation, average wage growth […]
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer has scrapped “almost all” planned tax cuts as pressure mounts on Liz Truss.
The UK’s new chancellor of the exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has announced that he is abandoning “almost all” of Liz Truss’ plans for tax cuts, which were announced in the government’s so-called “mini-budget” three weeks ago, as Britain’s conservatives claimed. Tighten the fence around the prime minister, whose mandate appears to be waning after more than […]
The collapse of Liz Truss represents the biggest defeat of neoliberal dogma in Europe
Rarely has a head of government appeared as dramatically as Liz Truss at a press conference on Friday afternoon. Britain’s prime minister was due to hold a press conference to explain the sacking of his finance minister, which came under pressure from the Tory caucus. He didn’t have much to say. The meeting with journalists […]
Liz Truss has sacked her economy minister and re-tooled a controversial tax cut plan to save herself.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss dismissed Economy Minister Kwasi Kwarteng. Returned to the UK a day earlier than expected During a visit to the International Monetary Fund in Washington. Both leaders have come under fire in recent weeks for their controversial tax cut plans. The ministry’s number two, Chris Philp, was also dismissed. His successor […]
Liz Truss, after her controversial tax reform: ‘Tax cuts are morally and economically right’
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss defended at the Conservative Party conference this Wednesday that “tax cuts are the right moral and economic thing” just days after she had to reverse her plan to cut taxes for the wealthiest. The British government has proposed cutting the top rate of income tax from 45% to 40%, prompting […]
Liz Truss’ desire to cut taxes will sink the British economy within days
Isabel Diaz Ayuso was delighted to hear about the massive tax cuts announced by the British government on 23 September. He posted a screenshot of ABC’s front page news story on Twitter and used it against the Spanish government: “And what does the Sanchez government think? Limit “international dumping”? The president of Madrid preferred to […]
Liz Truss, in her first speech as British Prime Minister: ‘We can weather the storm’
Liz Truss is already the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, replacing Boris Johnson. “I am honored to take on this responsibility at a vital time for our country,” he said at the gates of his residence in Downing Street this Tuesday, at the start of his first speech as head of government after […]
Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will replace Boris Johnson
Unsurprisingly, the United Kingdom already has a new one premiere. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been elected to lead the Conservative Party, replacing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who resigned in early July. The Conservative Party announced this Monday that Truss had beaten former economy minister Rishi Sunak in the British Conservative leadership contest, which […]
Liz Cheney, one of Trump’s main antagonists, lost in the Republican primary
Conservative Congresswoman Liz Cheney, who rose to prominence over the past year and a half by directly challenging former President Donald Trump, was defeated in the Republican primary on Tuesday and will not be eligible for re-election in November. Cheney lost the race to represent Wyoming by more than 30 percentage points against Harriet Hageman, […]