Liz Truss To Replace Boris Johnson As British Prime Minister

Liz Truss will be the U.K.’s new prime minister, after the Conservative Party named her as its next leader on Monday, replacing the outgoing Boris Johnson. Truss, who currently serves as the foreign minister, has spent the summer campaigning against her opponent for the party leadership, the U.K.’s former finance minister, Rishi Sunak. The contest has been decided by the votes of less than 200,000 grassroots party members, rather than a national electorate. The new prime minister will be formally appointed by Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday, after Johnson meets with…

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