Comedian Joe Lycett has been among the first to react to the announcement that Liz Truss is set to be the next UK Prime Minister. It came the day after he made the headlines after an appearance on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
On the show, he trolled Liz Truss and her opponent Rishi Sunak live to their faces and people loved it. Ms Truss beat Rishi Sunak in the race to become leader of the Conservative, receiving a total of 81,326 votes from the Tory membership compared to Mr Sunak’s 60,399. Live updates from announcement here.
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Joe’s appearance on the BBC's new Sunday show attracted headlines, after he sarcastically declared himself "incredibly right-wing". It was heralded as "one of the finest TV moments" by some viewers on social media.
The 34-year-old followed it up with a tweet just moments after Ms Truss was announced as the new leader saying: "Yes @trussliz absolutely smashed it babe!!!".
.Ms Truss, the Foreign Secretary, used her victory speech to indicate she would not be triggering an early general election, instead pledging to secure "a great victory for the Conservative Party in 2024".
She won by a significant margin, but the 57% victory over Mr Sunak's 43% was slimmer than in other recent contests. Ms Truss thanked her "friend" Boris Johnson, who will depart No 10 on Tuesday before Ms Truss flies to Balmoral to meet the Queen for the formal handover of power.
"Boris, you got Brexit done, you crushed Jeremy Corbyn, you rolled out the vaccine and you stood up to Vladimir Putin. You were admired from Kyiv to Carlisle," she told the QEII conference centre in Westminster.
Ms Truss will quickly begin work putting together a response to the energy crisis, with support promised within days.
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