CONTEMPLATING TRUSS’ MAJOR CHALLENGES
LISTEN: The New British Prime Minister: Potomac Watch, WSJ, Sept. 6, 2022 — While Liz Truss takes over as prime minister of the United Kingdom, the country is facing economic woes and an energy crisis. Will she be able to deliver growth and make a success of Brexit, as was pledged by her predecessor, Boris Johnson? Plus, Europe could be in for a long winter as Russia indefinitely stops the Nord Stream 1 natural-gas pipeline.
Liz Truss’s World View and Its Implications For UK-Israel Relations: Toby Greene, Fathom Journal, September 2022
Liz Truss: My Pledge to Britain’s Jews: David Rose, The Jewish Chronicle, Aug. 11, 2022
Liz Truss May Be Just the Prime Minister America Needs: John Bolton, WSJ, Sept. 6, 2022
Liz Truss and the Middle East: Where New UK PM Stands on Key Issues: Elis Gjevori, Middle East Eye, Sept. 5, 2022
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Liz Truss Criticised For Saying ‘Wokeism’ In UK Civil Service ‘Strays Into Antisemitism’: MEE Staff, MEE, Aug. 12, 2022 — The UK‘s foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has been criticised after saying she will tackle a “woke” civil service culture that “strays into antisemitism”, in a statement which also praised Jewish values such as “protect[ing] the family unit” and “setting up your own business”.
On Jewish Issues, UK’s Liz Truss Looks to Continue in Johnson’s Steps: Cnaan Liphshiz, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 7, 2022 — Britain’s new prime minister says she has a lot of Jewish friends — and that she will be a friend to her country’s Jews and to Israel.
Liz Truss’ Tenure as UK’s PM could be a Short One – Opinion: Dan Perry, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 7, 2022 — In the classic Bond film Live And Let Die, a henchman advises 007 that the reason he must be thrown out of an airplane at 30,000 feet is his indiscretion with the chief criminal’s moll.
WATCH: Piers Morgan: Liz Truss Portraying Herself As The Margaret Thatcher Of The Future, “I Have Serious Doubts”: Piers Morgan, Real Clear Politics, Sept. 6, 2022 — Piers Morgan said the situation in Britain is “dire” and cast doubt on the premiership of newly-installed Prime Minister Liz Truss in an interview with Fox News host Martha MacCallum on Tuesday.
Experts React: The United Kingdom Has a New Prime Minister. What Should The World Expect From Liz Truss?: Atlantic Council, Sept. 5, 2022 — On Monday, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was selected as her country’s newest prime minister, after triumphing over former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in a vote by some 160,000 members of the Conservative Party.
Liz Truss Criticised For Saying ‘Wokeism’ In UK Civil Service ‘Strays Into Antisemitism’: MEE Staff, MEE, Aug. 12, 2022 — The UK‘s foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has been criticised after saying she will tackle a “woke” civil service culture that “strays into antisemitism”, in a statement which also praised Jewish values such as “protect[ing] the family unit” and “setting up your own business”.
On Jewish Issues, UK’s Liz Truss Looks to Continue in Johnson’s Steps: Cnaan Liphshiz, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 7, 2022 — Britain’s new prime minister says she has a lot of Jewish friends — and that she will be a friend to her country’s Jews and to Israel.
Liz Truss’ Tenure as UK’s PM could be a Short One – Opinion: Dan Perry, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 7, 2022 — In the classic Bond film Live And Let Die, a henchman advises 007 that the reason he must be thrown out of an airplane at 30,000 feet is his indiscretion with the chief criminal’s moll. “That type of mistake is tough to bounce back from,” the henchman reflects. The same can be said of Brexit, for Britain’s bumbling Tories.
WATCH: Piers Morgan: Liz Truss Portraying Herself As The Margaret Thatcher Of The Future, “I Have Serious Doubts”: Piers Morgan, Real Clear Politics, Sept. 6, 2022 — Piers Morgan said the situation in Britain is “dire” and cast doubt on the premiership of newly-installed Prime Minister Liz Truss in an interview with Fox News host Martha MacCallum on Tuesday.
Experts React: The United Kingdom Has a New Prime Minister. What Should The World Expect From Liz Truss?: Atlantic Council, Sept. 5, 2022 — On Monday, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss was selected as her country’s newest prime minister, after triumphing over former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in a vote by some 160,000 members of the Conservative Party.
Liz Truss: As PM, I Would Consider Moving Embassy to Jerusalem: Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post, Aug. 7, 2022 — UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss would consider moving her country’s embassy to Jerusalem if she becomes prime minister following next month’s Conservative Party leadership election, she wrote in a letter to Conservative Friends of Israel on Friday.
UK’s Truss Tells Iran: Now is the Time for Final Decisions on Nuclear Deal: Reuters, Feb. 15, 2022 — British foreign minister Liz Truss spoke with her Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on Monday and told him it was time for final decisions in talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal, the foreign office said on Tuesday.
My View of Liz Truss? She Brought Home My Wife, Nazanin – Then She Failed Her: Richard Ratcliffe, The Guardian, July 21, 2022 — As the race for a new prime minister reaches its final stages, many journalists have been asking me for comment on the leadership candidates
Liz Truss Delivers Her First Address as Prime Minister
Liz Truss Announces Measures to Tackle Soaring Energy Bills – Watch Live