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She Was Wise In Her Advise: UK Ex-PM Boris Johnson Describes Last Meet With Queen
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She Was Wise In Her Advise: UK Ex-PM Boris Johnson Describes Last Meet With Queen

[ad_1] Boris Johnson called on the Queen on September 6 at her Balmoral estate in Scotland. (File)London: Queen Elizabeth was "as radiant, knowledgeable and fascinated by politics" when she met Boris Johnson during his final meeting with the monarch on Tuesday, the former British prime minister said on Friday.Johnson called on the Queen on September 6 at her Balmoral estate in Scotland to formally offer his resignation to pave the way for Liz Truss to succeed him as the new prime minister.Johnson said the 96-year-old Queen was "as radiant, knowledgeable and fascinated by politics as I can remember and as wise in her advice as anyone I know, if not wiser"."That impulse to do her duty carried her right through to her tenth decade to the very moment in Balmoral, only three days, ago when sh...
“Will Be Supporting Liz Truss Every Step Of The Way”: Boris Johnson
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“Will Be Supporting Liz Truss Every Step Of The Way”: Boris Johnson

[ad_1] Liz Truss was named the new UK PM on Monday.England: Boris Johnson on Tuesday promised unswerving support for his successor Liz Truss, as he left Downing Street for the final time as British prime minister to tender his resignation.Johnson, whose tenure was dominated by Brexit and Covid and cut short by scandal, bid farewell to cheers and applause from supporters before heading for an audience with Queen Elizabeth II.In a typical rhetorical flourish, he likened himself to "one of those booster rockets that has fulfilled its function" and would splash down "in a remote and obscure corner of the Pacific".But he promised: "I will be supporting Liz Truss and the new government every step of the way."And he urged his ruling Conservative party to put aside their differences to tackle th...
UK PM Election Results Live Updates: Liz Truss Is The New UK PM
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UK PM Election Results Live Updates: Liz Truss Is The New UK PM

[ad_1] UK Prime Minister Election Results: Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak spent the summer rallying support.New Delhi: Liz Truss has defeated Rishi Sunak to be the new Prime Minister of Britain. She beat her rival by 81,326 votes to 60,399, after a summer-long internal contest sparked by Boris Johnson's resignation in July.Long the front-runner in the race to replace Johnson, Truss has become the Conservatives' fourth prime minister since a 2015 election. Over that period the country has been buffeted from crisis to crisis, and now faces what is forecast to be a long recession triggered by sky-rocketing inflation which hit 10.1 per cent in July.Boris Johnson was forced to announce his resignation in July after months of scandal and he will travel to Scotland to meet Queen Elizabeth on Tuesday...