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Among the Tories, Liz Truss is likely considered the most promising candidate to replace outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. During a campaign debate, the current foreign minister has now said she is ready to use nuclear weapons, RT.de reports.
Liz Truss feels "ready" to use the Trident nuclear weapons, the Conservative Party's first candidate for presidency said at a campaign event in Birmingham, UK, on Tuesday. When asked how she would feel if such a decision had to be made, the politician said:
“I think it is an important task for the Prime Minister. I am willing to do it.”
Trident is a class of intercontinental ballistic missiles deployed from submarines. In addition to Great Britain, the US also has these weapons.
The British Foreign Secretary did not comment on the question of which country could persuade the United Kingdom to use nuclear weapons. The candidate for British Prime Ministership has made many aggressive statements, mainly against Russia, in the Tories' internal election campaign. Truss is also a staunch supporter of Ukrainian interests. Britain is one of Ukraine's largest arms suppliers anyway. The military aid pledged by London to Kiev already amounts to £2.3 billion – the equivalent of €2.7 billion. Truss, 47, also pledged during the election campaign to increase her country's military spending by three percent of gross domestic product by the end of the decade. In addition to Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak is also still fighting for the coveted Tory presidency and thus simultaneously for the office of head of government. About 180,000 members of the Conservative Party can vote in a run-off election. At the end of July they were sent ballot papers with which they can vote by letter for Truss or Sunak until the end of August. The final result will be announced on September 5. The winner will then take up residence at 10 Downing Street in place of Boris Johnson.
Both candidates have blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for the dire state of the British economy, which is plagued by high inflation, rising gas prices and increasingly unaffordable living costs, widely believed to be the result of unilateral sanctions London and its allies have imposed on Moscow.
Liz Truss feels "ready" to use the Trident nuclear weapons, the Conservative Party's first candidate for presidency said at a campaign event in Birmingham, UK, on Tuesday. When asked how she would feel if such a decision had to be made, the politician said:
“I think it is an important task for the Prime Minister. I am willing to do it.”
Trident is a class of intercontinental ballistic missiles deployed from submarines. In addition to Great Britain, the US also has these weapons.
The British Foreign Secretary did not comment on the question of which country could persuade the United Kingdom to use nuclear weapons. The candidate for British Prime Ministership has made many aggressive statements, mainly against Russia, in the Tories' internal election campaign. Truss is also a staunch supporter of Ukrainian interests. Britain is one of Ukraine's largest arms suppliers anyway. The military aid pledged by London to Kiev already amounts to £2.3 billion – the equivalent of €2.7 billion. Truss, 47, also pledged during the election campaign to increase her country's military spending by three percent of gross domestic product by the end of the decade. In addition to Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak is also still fighting for the coveted Tory presidency and thus simultaneously for the office of head of government. About 180,000 members of the Conservative Party can vote in a run-off election. At the end of July they were sent ballot papers with which they can vote by letter for Truss or Sunak until the end of August. The final result will be announced on September 5. The winner will then take up residence at 10 Downing Street in place of Boris Johnson.
Both candidates have blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for the dire state of the British economy, which is plagued by high inflation, rising gas prices and increasingly unaffordable living costs, widely believed to be the result of unilateral sanctions London and its allies have imposed on Moscow.
