British prime minister front-runner ‘ready’ to push nuclear button Liz Truss, Britain’s Foreign Secretary and front-runner to become the nation’s next prime minister, said she would be "ready" to use the U.K.'s nuclear arsenal if she was to become prime minister.
Truss was speaking at a debate (known in the U.K. as a “husting”) hosted by Times Radio’s John Pienaar. Pienaar asked Truss how she would react if she were put in a situation where she had to consider activating the UK’s nuclear arsenal.
Pienaar laid out the scenario: "Your orders to our Trident boat captain on whether you, prime minister Liz Truss, is giving the order to unleash nuclear weapons. It would mean global annihilation. I won't ask you if you would press the button, you'll say yes, but faced with that task I would feel physically sick."
"How does that thought make you feel?" Pienaar asked.
Truss replied, “I think it’s an important duty of the prime minister and I’m ready to do that,” adding, “I’m ready to do that.”............
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