she will be hoping the people of ramsbottom, as everywhere else, are behind her. judith moritz, bbc news. a small cross section of some of the opinion today in a marginal seat, which offers its own illustrations about public opinion. it has been quite variable today in terms of the weather and it has been raining and then pouring. and louise, yesterday, you did tell me we would have a tricky afternoon and there you go, you are right. it has been touch and go. the rain has been following both the outgoing and incoming prime minister. this was balmoral this morning with some of the rain to renshall and then another pulse of wet weather arrived into southern scotland during the afternoon and then we had dry weather in the north of england before more showers arrived and it really was touch and go in westminster, whether liz truss would be able to give her first speech as prime minister outside 10 downing street, because this was just half an hour before she gave her first speech
Liz Truss has defeated Rishi Sunak to be the new Prime Minister of Britain after winning an internal leadership contest of the ruling Conservative party. 47-year-old Liz Truss will become the third female prime minister of the UK.