Liz Truss, British Prime Minister, appoints a government of faithful

The new cabinet named Tuesday is focusing on diversity, which does not prevent it from being even more anchored on the right than that of Boris Johnson.

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Conservator Liz Truss officially became 56 E Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (and the third woman in this position) around noon, Tuesday, September 6, during her first interview with The Queen, as the British constitutional tradition wants. This meeting took place at the Château de Balmoral, Scotland, not at Buckingham Palace, due to the health problems of the 96 -year -old sovereign. According to the perfectly controlled choreography of power pasings across the Channel, Boris Johnson had preceded it by a few minutes in the Elizabeth II summer residence to put his resignation.

M ^{me truss immediately took over the plane for London, where, again according to use, she delivered her first leader speech before the famous door of 10 Downing Street, between two Violent showers – The weather was also perfectly British. “I know that together, we can overcome the storm, we can put our economy back on the rails and transform the United Kingdom into this modern and brilliant country that it can be,” she said, recalling her promise “daring” reforms and tax cuts to “energize growth”. The leader is faced with a serious economic situation, with a country probably already entered recession and millions of British soon unable to pay astronomical energy bills.}

Beyond the protocol, the day was mainly marked by the appointment of the Truss government: a roundly carried out case because largely anticipated in recent days. First observation: the amazing diversity of this new cabinet. Since ex-Prime Minister David Cameron has undertaken, from 2005, to rejuvenate, to feminize the Conservative Party and to promote more representatives of ethnic minorities, the appointments of politicians of African or Asian origin to key stations have become commonplace. Under the Johnson era, Rishi Sunak, ex-Chancellor of the Echiquier, and Priviti Patel, at the Home Office, were of Indian origin. Sajid Javid, to health, was from a Pakistani family.

This time, none of the four main posts of the Truss cabinet – to start, of course, that of Prime Minister – returns to a white man. Kwasi Kwarteng, the Chancellor of the Echiquier, is of Ghanaian origin. At Home Office (Ministry of the Interior), Suella Braverman is of Indian origin. James Cleverly, appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, is of Sierra-Léonaise origin. “This cabinet is proof that we can succeed in the Tory party whatever its origin, reacted Samuel Kasumu, the ex-adviser diversity of Mr. Johnson. It remains to also diversify our electorate, it is decisive for success of the party. “

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