has spent three decades seeking an heir to Margaret Thatcher. It now has two pretenders to choose from. On July 20th, after nearly a fortnight of often vicious campaigning, the field of would-be Conservative leaders was reduced to just two. They are Rishi Sunak, whose resignation as chancellor helped precipitate Boris Johnson’s fall, and Liz Truss, the outwardly loyal foreign secretary who made up ground as other contenders dropped out.
Both seek to harness the ghost of Thatcher as they battle to follow her into Downing Street. Ms Truss was raised by nuclear-disarmament activists before turning to the right at university. Her critics see in her a bizarre tribute act to the party’s most deified figure: she flecks her speech with Thatcherite aphorisms, dresses like the former prime minister and lauds Ronald Reagan.
For Mr Sunak this is a partial telling. He recalls Thatcherism as a project to tame inflation, which he regards as “the ultimate enemy” and which tax cuts now would risk fuelling. Prices rose by 9.4% in the year to June, the highest rate since 1982. Mr Sunak styles himself as a fiscal disciplinarian, who, like Thatcher, helped with the books in his parents’ shop and who was blown off course only by the pandemic.
The two candidates agree on a Thatcherite agenda of post-Brexit deregulation, although Mr Sunak’s plans are more fleshed out. He promises a “Big Bang 2.0” for the City . And both have Thatcherite instincts on the climate; the former prime minister was hostile to government subsidies but increasingly agitated by the state of the planet. Both have said they support the target of reducing Britain’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2050.
No. It has only one.
We want Liz and not slippery Sunak
Misleading use of the “pretenders”; trussliz is “pretending” to be the heir to Thatcher (RishiSunak less so), but with little depth. Example: compare Maggie dealing with Russia vs Liz’s embarrassing performance vs Lavrov.
It will be Moneypenny.
Economists biased reporting continues … if it was Mordant, the EU choice , she would not be ls labeled pretender
Sunak experience on finance is of the essence for the actual monetary crisis in the world and Britain. It has to reinforce Brexit...
Radical vs. Reasonable or New Thatcher vs. Indian? The balance of power 'unexpectedly' changed ...
Not pretenders - contenders
Truss to fix the Wuss!
Pardon the laughter. You think this is a contest? Rishi will not win the vote. For obvious reasons.
In this strife torn period let everyone act sensibly to strengthen democratic forces across the world.
Rishi Sunak will win
give it to that Rory Stewart guy!
Yep, one inexperienced man fined for a criminal offence and a woman who was a republican, pro-EU liberal until it suited her to jettison every principle she ever espoused. They are both utter moral and principle vacuums. Truly heirs to Thatcher… You’re having a laugh…
Are you having a laugh? 😂🤣😂
The Turkish army does not target civilians! PkkMassacreInZaho
Why would anyone want to emulate that woman who ruined their economy
Thatcher had principles...they were evil...but she had a plan and she was going to see it through. This shower wouldn't know what a 'plan' was if it was handed to them on a silver plate! Shocking & embarrassing that either of them get to run the UK.
Isn't Rishi the WEF boy?
The big difference between Margaret Thatcher and Liz Truss is you wouldn't get Thatcher to fall for being placed in a circular room and told there is a bit of cheese for her in the corner!
Is this a joke 🤷♂️
Lords will win trussliz LizForLeader. She will be the Next Prime Minister of Great Britain 🇬🇧 UK 🇬🇧
Thatcher was a B!
Interestingly, it will be nice to a taste of another strong Lady in person of 'Liz' like Thatcher tbh!
We got one. It was Boris. And the traitors ousted him.
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Interesting
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