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title: Liz Truss's Leadership Brand includes Political Optimism
description: Liz Truss’s brand of economic libertarianism, political optimism and hawkishness proved decisive in the 2022 leadership contest.
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# [Liz Truss's Leadership Brand includes Political Optimism](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/truss)

 Written by [Victor Perton](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/author/victor-perton) | Sep 6, 2022 7:18:46 PM

> "[Liz Truss](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABJVsqQBbQlVEc-QKRhN-hU3C49n2qosp4E)’s brand of economic libertarianism, political [#optimism](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=optimism&highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6972994921121165313) and hawkishness proved decisive in the 2022 leadership contest."
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> So writes Nicholas Allen in "[Liz Truss: who is the UK’s new prime minister and why has she replaced Boris Johnson?](https://theconversation.com/liz-truss-who-is-the-uks-new-prime-minister-and-why-has-she-replaced-boris-johnson-189713)"
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> What do you reckon?
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> > New leaders can bring a sense of optimism and hope. If there was ever a time when we could do with an injection of positivity it's now. Liz Truss has a tough and demanding in tray of issues, can she choose the right team and the right messages. "The jury is out".
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> > — René Carayol MBE (@renecarayol) [September 5, 2022](https://twitter.com/renecarayol/status/1566792735939592197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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