It was then that his sympathies changed towards the Conservative Party, although initially his professional career did not lead to politics but to private business, as an accountant. In the year 2000 she married her husband, Hugh O’Learywith whom he has two children.
In the 2001 elections, she tried for the first time to be a deputy in the House of Commons From United Kingdom. She lost in this first attempt and also in the second, four years later, in both cases by constituencies of West Yorkshire.
It was not until 2006 that Liz Truss obtained public office, as a councilor in Greenwich, just outside London. Around that time his name also appeared in the tabloids for a long extramarital relationship with a deputy conservative, although to this day she is still married to O’Leary.
david cameron He noticed her and in the 2010 elections he opted to designate her as a candidate for deputy in a seat that the ‘Tories’ took for granted, in the bastion of South West Norfolk. The rank and file of the party tried in vain to challenge her candidacy over the affair with the MP and Liz Truss finally entered the House of Commons.
His entry into the Government came just two years later, in the Ministry of Educationand in 2014 made the leap to Environment.
The emergence of Brexit in the United Kingdom
British politics was blown up with the Brexit, which Liz Truss openly opposed during the campaign. When it was confirmed that the United Kingdom would leave the European Union (EU)made an effort to defend the opportunities that this divorce represented.
With Boris Johnson already as prime minister, in 2019, she assumed responsibility for International Trade within the cabinet and two years later she was appointed foreign ministerat a key moment due to the many open fronts.
“Boris, you have Brexit done. You crushed Jeremy Corbyn, you launched the vaccine (against Covid-19). and you faced Vladimir Putin. You were admired from kyiv to Carlisle”, Liz Truss dedicated words to her predecessor during her triumph speech. Then she paused, which extended, until those present finally applauded.
His final promotion comes at 47 years of age and with the challenge not only of expanding the level of support that he seems to enjoy among the bases of his party, but also of showing that he is capable of winning 2024 elections in the United Kingdom.
The polls show a downward trend in the intention to vote for the Conservative Party and, despite the constant criticism that has rained down on Johnson in recent months due to the successive scandals, Truss has always been by his side without raising his voice.
She will be the third woman to reside in Downing Street, after Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990) and Theresa May (2016-2019), all three members of the same party.
Source: Ambito
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