Liz Truss Wins UK Prime Minister Race

London: Succeeding ousted Boris Johnson, Conservative Party leader Liz Truss has been elected as the next UK Prime Minister on Monday.

Truss defeated rival Rishi Sunak with 81,326 votes to 60,399 among party members, to win the Tory leadership contest. She is the third female Prime Minister in Britain, after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.

Delivering her victory speech, Liz Truss said, “I am honoured to be elected Leader of the Conservative Party. Thank you for putting your trust in me to lead and deliver for our great country. I will take bold action to get all of us through these tough times, grow our economy, and unleash the United Kingdom’s potential.”

Referring to former UK PM, Liz Truss said, “Boris (Johnson), you got Brexit done, you crushed Jeremy Corbyn, you rolled out the vaccine and you stood up to Vladimir Putin”.

Liz Truss concluded her victory speech by promising to deliver. “I know, we’ll deliver, We’ll deliver, We’ll deliver,” Liz Truss said.