In a somewhat surprising turn of events the new UK prime minister (last one outed after some fairly minor scandals actually which was impressive given what he got away with previously) and leader of conservative party is Liz Truss. Most would not have bet on her after initial rounds of candidates were put forward a few months back, and even after they got whittled down she was still somewhat lower on the odds.
Pick any news site and you can probably find a dozen articles
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62596329
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...omes-uk-prime-minister-meeting-queen-balmoral
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11184991/Truss-shakes-hands-Queen-official-takes-PM.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/19720415/liz-truss-is-officially-prime-minister/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...s-johnson-queen-balmoral-latest-b2160693.html
https://www.express.co.uk/news/poli...son-speech-tory-leadership-new-prime-minister
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-live-prime-minister-27916442
https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/06/liz-...to-officially-become-prime-minister-17308571/
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Previous posts were some reasonably notable ones, though none of the major ones people might well know the names for, some have dubbed her a conservative in name only (though that/the ? in name only could apply to any number of political movers, and most of the candidates of everything these days) and rather tepid as these things go (time will tell as to whether she is as weak as Teresa May, not the previous prime minister but the one before that. Those expecting any kind of firebrand or populist are probably going to be disappointed, not that any populist anywhere in the world I have seen has done all that much when all is said and done).
If we believe the prime minister has any great powers (possibly more than some countries but hardly that much and still constrained by any number of factors would be my assessment) then it is about 2 years before the next general election*, inflation is out of control (energy bills being the main topic but food is not far behind, though it seems some still believe in modern monetary theory and more money is to be printed), the popularity boost that saw the so called red wall drop last time is minimal (and the local elections that have happened since, consider something of a bellwether on the way the tide is going have been... not good), the labour party and their leader ( https://gbatemp.net/threads/new-uk-labour-party-main-left-wing-party-leader-keir-starmer.561791/ ) actually seem to be getting something gone (though as a coalition of unions, old school working class**, literal communists, the intersectionals, default opposition and one or two more classical labour types then many masters do not a cohesive vision make) , the leaving the EU lark is still having a bit of a hangover (especially as it pertains to the whole country of countries thing) and the UK is still suffering from being a first world nation after industry has gone, nowhere near enough housing has been built for decades, something of a divided political system and while not quite as much of a carte blanche as after the last general election then still a fairly decent majority ( https://www.parallelparliament.co.uk/MPs , of the 650 MPs, of which 639 vote then Conservative (357), Labour (200), Scottish National Party (44), Liberal Democrat (14)).
*UK general elections are sometimes a bit different to elsewhere in the world. These days they are nominally on a schedule but they can be called outside that, as indeed the last one was.
**arguably what left them with the fall of the red wall mentioned.
Pick any news site and you can probably find a dozen articles
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62596329
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...omes-uk-prime-minister-meeting-queen-balmoral
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11184991/Truss-shakes-hands-Queen-official-takes-PM.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/19720415/liz-truss-is-officially-prime-minister/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...s-johnson-queen-balmoral-latest-b2160693.html
https://www.express.co.uk/news/poli...son-speech-tory-leadership-new-prime-minister
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/liz-truss-live-prime-minister-27916442
https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/06/liz-...to-officially-become-prime-minister-17308571/
...
Previous posts were some reasonably notable ones, though none of the major ones people might well know the names for, some have dubbed her a conservative in name only (though that/the ? in name only could apply to any number of political movers, and most of the candidates of everything these days) and rather tepid as these things go (time will tell as to whether she is as weak as Teresa May, not the previous prime minister but the one before that. Those expecting any kind of firebrand or populist are probably going to be disappointed, not that any populist anywhere in the world I have seen has done all that much when all is said and done).
If we believe the prime minister has any great powers (possibly more than some countries but hardly that much and still constrained by any number of factors would be my assessment) then it is about 2 years before the next general election*, inflation is out of control (energy bills being the main topic but food is not far behind, though it seems some still believe in modern monetary theory and more money is to be printed), the popularity boost that saw the so called red wall drop last time is minimal (and the local elections that have happened since, consider something of a bellwether on the way the tide is going have been... not good), the labour party and their leader ( https://gbatemp.net/threads/new-uk-labour-party-main-left-wing-party-leader-keir-starmer.561791/ ) actually seem to be getting something gone (though as a coalition of unions, old school working class**, literal communists, the intersectionals, default opposition and one or two more classical labour types then many masters do not a cohesive vision make) , the leaving the EU lark is still having a bit of a hangover (especially as it pertains to the whole country of countries thing) and the UK is still suffering from being a first world nation after industry has gone, nowhere near enough housing has been built for decades, something of a divided political system and while not quite as much of a carte blanche as after the last general election then still a fairly decent majority ( https://www.parallelparliament.co.uk/MPs , of the 650 MPs, of which 639 vote then Conservative (357), Labour (200), Scottish National Party (44), Liberal Democrat (14)).
*UK general elections are sometimes a bit different to elsewhere in the world. These days they are nominally on a schedule but they can be called outside that, as indeed the last one was.
**arguably what left them with the fall of the red wall mentioned.