The Jury is still out on Liz Truss, the new Conservative P.M. of Britain.

Many of my friends from across the pond (and they are often in these pages) are less enthusiastic. While some are cautiously optimistic some are downright hostile to her.

For one thing she was a supporter of Big Green in the past. And while she did lift the fracking ban it will not bear fruit for many years - and with other regulations in place may be more window dressing than anything else.

I don't know, as I don't follow British politics much. As I say my British friends seem rather hesitant about her.

She appointedat least one big Green Tory. Here's another analysis of her environmental policies.

Liz Truss had also been a Remainer, opposing British independence. And see this as well.

But she seems to have changed her mind on the E.U. and supported Brexit (once it became obvious it was politically popular.)

Oh, and if a Laborite is speaking well of her that suggests she might be a problem.

Again, I'm not passing judgment on her yet - I don't know enough. I am just pointing out disturbing things about her. We may not be so pleased as we are now.

But then again we may be pleasantly surprised. I thought Donald Trump was going to move to the Left after he won the Presidency but was quite happy with him. Perhaps Truss will do likewise.

But there isn't much in the way of media opposition, which is a bad sign. They would go after her Queen or no Queen if she were really good. The way to tell if someone is going to do a good job these days is to see how much flack they get from the media.

Time will tell.

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