Monday is a key date for the UK. This September 5 is marked in red on the calendar because Boris Johnson’s replacement is chosen as prime minister. Two names: Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss. A favorite, her. And a country mired in the lack of control caused by Brexit and in a deep crisis derived from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Johnson therefore leaves a poisoned gift for whoever enters the Downing Street gate. With inflation soaring (above 10%), political activity at a standstill and supply problems still present, the country faces a decisive few months and years. Truss enters D-day with a large advantage over Sunak. Those who decide are the militants of the Conservative Party, and that is where the current Foreign Minister is sweeping. The former finance minister, on the other hand, is the favorite among the population in general; but this is not the one that has the last word. Among the Tory ranks, Truss is more than twenty points ahead, a more than enough margin to see himself already a foot and a half at the head of the Government. In addition, she would come to him with a very clear premise: to be a Margaret Thatcher 2.0. The candidate has made drastic tax cuts her main flag, and with a style very similar to that of the ‘iron lady’ she has won favor of his colleagues. She only gives continuity to the lines that she has been defending in her twelve years as a deputy. She is one of the strong women in the conservative ranks and has gone through the executives of Cameron, May and Johnson. Her experience seems like a degree, but it is above all her message at a time when the economy places the United Kingdom with the light on red. Maximum emergency in London, Truss as more than a possible solution. If I am elected Prime Minister, I will keep taxes low, the economy growing and I will unleash the potential of the entire United Kingdom She is an advocate of almost libertarian policies and although she began her career in the Liberal Party it took time to go over to the conservatives. “If I am elected Prime Minister, I will keep taxes low, the economy growing and unleash the potential of the entire United Kingdom. The best days of our country are yet to come,” she has expressed in some of her appearances and interviews. In another of them, in addition, she assured that she is against “state handouts.” And it is that that is her approach: more economic freedoms, more market and less State. Truss, however, has no tolls to pay at the political level despite her contradictions. She voted to remain in the EU in 2016, instead remaining one of the untouchables on both Theresa May’s and Boris Johnson’s team. On the other hand, it does not seem that relations with Brussels will improve if she becomes prime minister. It wants progress, and if it does not achieve it, it has already warned that it would invoke article 16 of the agreement: with this, the Irish Protocol would be suspended and one of the pillars of the pact would fall, so it would break completely. “I don’t want my daughters grow up in a world where they need a visa or permission to work in Europe,” Truss said just six years ago. Now, her shadow seems to hang over an EU that is already considering the option of approving a specific sanctions regime for the Brexit agreement for what may happen in the future. The candidate herself assured that leaving the EU would be a “triple tragedy”. She seems like she doesn’t see it that way anymore. That turn, moreover, is seen as a show of loyalty to the Tory drift, just as it is also reliable for his acolytes that Truss appeared in a second row during Johnson’s fall, without joining the cascade of resignations that led him to resign. . Quite the opposite happens with the other candidate: Rishi Sunak. She does not have the favor of the conservatives because it was he who took the first step towards the domino effect that ended with the still prime minister. That is one of the reasons why his people turn their backs on him, despite having defended pro-Brexit values even before the referendum was called. Sunak, who has always been part of the Tory ranks, does not give the battle for lost despite the polls: “It is tighter than it seems,” say some of his advisers. More politics versus more technique? Sunak has dropped to the street to campaign and try to reduce the distance that separates him from Truss, and has tried to be much more technical in the proposals. For example, with taxes. The key for him is not how much, but how, and he has tried to put the focus on inflation. He came out as the winner in some debates, but he could not completely avoid controversies such as his accelerated resignation or the one related to the fiscal residence of his wife, daughter of one of the great fortunes of India. In what both candidates agree in his defense of the Ukraine against Russia. Truss has been the face of Foreign Affairs during the war, advocating that the UK prepare for a larger-scale conflict. Sunak emphasizes that he has spearheaded the harsh sanctions against the Putin regime. London has surely become kyiv’s great supporter, with Johnson making three visits to the Ukrainian capital since the invasion began. Now the two applicants want to pick up that glove. Sunak maintains a more specialist profile: he is an economist, with experience in private business and knows the City well. Truss shows off his political knowledge: he knows the Conservative Party, he has passed through three governments and, seeing the advantage that the polls give him, he knows what to say to convince his own. She is very favorite, but his name will not be on the door of Downing Street until it is known this Monday if the polls say the same as reality. Johnson, however, waits relaxed; problems and challenges are no longer for him.