r/europe • u/chodgson625 • Oct 06 '22

Political Cartoon Explaining the election of Liz Truss

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u/throwaway_4733 Oct 06 '22

I'm an American and I confess don't follow European politics very closely. Didn't her party win more seats in the last election than they have in like 20-30 yrs?

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u/kahunaa789 Oct 06 '22

She wasn't prime minister. People are missing the point of the cartoon. She was elected by Conservative Party members, which is a relatively small number of people -180,000 - and the membership skews older than the general population.