Foreign secretary is assuming responsibility for UK’s relationship with EU, says Downing Street
last week and had been persuaded to stay on until January – until the news was leaked on Sunday.
While fiercely loyal to Johnson, Truss is considered a frontrunner along with the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to succeed him in a future leadership challenge. She also commands the support of the hardline Eurosceptics, known as the “spartans” in the party, famed for her libertarian views and her war on “woke” culture.
Allies of Sunak have long been suspicious of No 10’s treatment of Truss, suspecting that she was set up as a rival to the chancellor in order to clip his wings. “Clearly she plans to bash her way to final two [in a leadership contest] then allow a Trumpian base to carry her into No 10,” one supporterHer new role as the lead negotiator will be a test of her political abilities on a well-lit domestic stage.
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