The prospects for the return of former British Prime Minister Liz Truss to big politics are not obvious, but she is full of determination and pressure. This opinion was expressed on Sunday, February 5, by the head of the commission of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation on information policy and interaction with the media, Alexei Pushkov.
“She doesn’t understand anything, she doesn’t know anything, she failed everything, but now in Western politics competence is not much needed. Now there are times of demagoguery, arrogance and threats,” the politician emphasized in his Telegram channel.
Earlier that day, British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who set an anti-record for the duration of work in this position, attributed her resignation to “economic orthodoxy” and the disruption of her “growth plan”.
According to her, the economic establishment did not allow Truss to pursue his policy. The politician also admitted that she underestimated the level of resistance to her within the Conservative Party of Parliament.
Earlier, on February 4, the British newspaper The Times, citing sources, reported that former British Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Liz Truss plan to return to big politics amid rising tensions in the Cabinet of the current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
According to the publication, Truss intends to fight for the post of head of the Conservative Party if it loses the election in 2024, followed by the resignation of Rishi Sunak. Opinion polls are now predicting the Conservatives will lose the upcoming vote.
On October 21, the former vice-mayor of London and associate of Boris Johnson, Richard Barnes, spoke about the reasons for Truss’s resignation so soon. Barnes stressed that as prime minister, she refused to listen to the advice provided to her, including from the Bank of England and the budget planning office, and also tried to push through all the reforms in an accelerated time frame.
On October 19, Liz Truss announced her resignation as British Prime Minister. She held the position for only 44 days. Her tenure as prime minister was the shortest in British history.
