Labour Party members, progressives, and critical voices worldwide registered concern and condemnation Monday after the Conservative Party in the U.K. voted to make Liz Truss, formerly the Foreign Secretary, the nation’s next Prime Minister to replace the outgoing Boris Johnson. “Just when we see the back of a law-breaking, Parliament-proroguing, office-abusing PM in Boris Johnson,” said Green MP Caroline Lucas in a tweet, “he’s replaced by a climate-wrecking, handout-refusing, redistribution-opposing, Brexit ideologue PM in Liz Truss. The Labour Party made clear their belief that Truss, based on her own remarks, will continue her party’s hostility toward working people in the U.K.:This is what new Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss really thinks about working people. No action on #climate And we thought @BorisJohnson was sh*t.https://t.co/2yHcy3pXWS — Bill McGuire (@ProfBillMcGuire) September 4, 2022“New prime minister, same old deceit!” declared DiEM25, the pan-European political movement, in a social media post following Truss’ selection. “The first act of Liz Truss’ premiership should be taking immediate action to tackle the cost of living crisis that is pushing millions into poverty,” he said.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2022 18:06 UTC