Liz Truss Committed to 'Supporting Farmers and Fishermen'
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Polls showLiz Truss as a favorite to win the Tory Leadership Contest The latest YouGov poll of party members shows that 66% support Truss, while 34% support Rishi Sunak.
But a foreign minister who compares herself to Margaret Thatcher will have to face the Joe Biden administration from the standpoint of prime minister in an important diplomatic conversation.
She is already recognized as a "supporter" of her predecessor, Boris Johnson, according to a US diplomat familiar with British files.
A diplomat who spoke with Politico said Truss "is likely to carry on the policies and tone of the Johnson administration," and is expected to produce positive results in the first step of building the relationship.{33
The diplomat went on to suggest that the tone of the conversation was "unlikely to change" regardless of who took over at Downing Street.
But in a second phase, the two governments will have to negotiate Brexit and their relationship with the UK. According to diplomats, this will be a "big test".
The diplomat predicted that "the question of how the Truss government will approach the [NI] Protocol will be the first major test of the relationship."
On Wednesday, Truss said she was determined to introduce the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill in full, even if she faced lengthy opposition in Parliament.
Politico suggested that the Protocol dispute "pits the domestic base of the Truss against its greatest ally", since the Truss' intentions to rewrite the Protocol are clear.
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(Image: Getty) 94} { Nancy Pelosi has been vocal about her disagreements over the Northern Ireland debate, saying she is "deeply concerned" by efforts to rewrite the Protocol.
And Truss fired back from Belfast, saying Nancy on the Northern Ireland Protocol that she "very clearly" agrees with Pelosi.
The Foreign Minister was asked by a Tory MP to reassure the party that he would not bow to pressure from the EU, the Republic of Ireland and the United States on post-Brexit measures.
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"And like Nancy Pelosi I will make it clear to those concerned about exactly what I think about this and what we need to do.I have successfully submitted this."
She added that the bill was "perfectly legal." US-UK friendship 'won't thrive' unless Truss mends his EU barriers, states politician.
