UK Needs British Trump, Says Ex PM Liz Truss; Lauds Modi For Securing Third Term
New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI) Former British prime minister Elizabeth Truss on Saturday pitched for bringing the "best of reforms", fixing some arrangement in the "powerful bureaucracy" in the United Kingdom and creating a movement akin to the one in the US that led to "big changes" there.
"Frankly, I think we need a British Trump. The question is who that individual might be," she said and cited US President-elect Donald Trump's "MAGA" (Make America Great Again) movement.
During an interaction session at the HT Leadership Summit 2024 here, Truss also said India has a "huge role" to play in the "future of geopolitics" as the world's largest democracy.
Truss, who served as the British prime minister for just 49 days in 2022, was asked about the ties between India and the UK amid changing geopolit...