The latest polls of Conservative Party members suggest that former Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is set to beat former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in the race to become the UK’s next Prime Minister. The hustings have been an interesting affair for neutral outsiders – each of the candidates has tried to outdo the other in terms of appeals to the Conservative Party voting base – irrespective of how unrealistic their plans are to the ordinary voting public. These plans included tax cuts, reductions in pay for public servants, and the usual tripe about cutting spending and inefficiencies in…

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Liz Truss is likely to damage EU-UK relations further. The only question is the timing

Of the two remaining Oxford-educated candidates for UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss is in the lead. Her reliance on the Conservative party’s hard right will mean a tough line on the Northern Ireland Protocol - though not out of conviction.

11th Aug, 2022 - 5 min read

Peter Kinsella

International Finance Writer

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