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September 7, 2022

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Global leaders have been sending their congratulations to the UK’s new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, but in the international media, there have been snarkier remarks, too.

“She has gone to see the Queen,” said Russian television presenter Ivan Trushkin. “If she [the Queen] recognises her of course.”

In France, meanwhile, she has been branded not the Iron Lady – which was former UK PM Margaret Thatcher’s nickname – but the Iron Weathercock.

This is a reference to Ms Truss’s changing views on the UK leaving the European Union – she went from opponent before the 2016 referendum, to supporter afterwards, saying in July that “some of the portents of doom didn’t happen”. It’s believed the term was first coined in Les Echos in July  – but has since caught on among some commentators.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he had offered Liz Truss his congratulations, adding that he had told her: “We are available to work as allies and friends.”

“The United Kingdom is a great country that, like us, is committed to defend democracy, by the side of Ukraine, and that also needs to strengthen its energy sovereignty and win the battle against climate change,” the French leader said.

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