Barring a major surprise, Liz Terrace will be hours away from fulfilling her dream of becoming Britain’s prime minister, following a decade of sitting on the bench of minister.
Later on Monday, it is expected to choose a Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister, to succeed her predecessor, Boris Johnson, as she fought a strong competition over the past weeks with several other candidates, only her former colleague in the Finance Ministry, Rishi Sunak, who survived to the end.
The expected result will be announced strongly in Britain and abroad, at regarding 12:30 (Greenwich Mean Time), so that the world will finally know who is the new prime minister, between Terrace and Sunak.
If Liz Truss wins the race to lead the Conservative Party, the 47-year-old will become Britain’s third female prime minister, going down in history through the same door that Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May passed through.
There is no doubt that Teres is more likely to become prime minister than her rival, former Finance Minister Rishi Sunak, but the latest opinion polls do not provide her with a heavy popular cover. so 52% of the sample tested by YouGov last week expressed distrust of the former foreign minister.
While 43% of the respondents indicated that they do not believe in the ability of Terrace, to deal with the problem of high urgent living expenses.
On the other hand, Sunak does not enjoy the rest of the popularity of Terrace; Rather, he is criticized among the British for his adherence to fiscal conservatism to combat hyperinflation, and accusations are chasing him within a wing of the Conservatives for his role in overthrowing Johnson; The owner of the British exit from the European Union.
Besides the immediate cost-of-living crisis, the new prime minister will also have to deal with a growing number of strikes and long waiting lists in the Public Health Service, as well as a court ruling next month on Scotland’s independence bid.
