A Twitter user being mistaken by politicians and the public for Liz Truss has been happily playing along, even expressing a willingness to eat meatballs with the Swedish prime minister.
Liz Trussell, who goes by the name @LizTruss, has been sending cheeky replies to the praise and mentions intended for her Twitter handle namesake, who uses @trussliz, since Ms Truss won the Conservative leadership election on Monday.
"@LizTruss still doesn't get it — Boris Johnson did *not* get Brexit done, his myriad mistakes over Covid cost countless lives, & he leaves having disgraced his office," Caroline Lucas, the co-leader of the Green Party, wrote.
"Meanwhile, she's campaigned as a right-wing ideologue & will govern as such — which is a disaster for all of us."
Liz Trussell's Twitter account. Photo: Twitter
@LizTruss did not reply, but another user pointed out the error, saying it was @TrussLizpm “who is the problem not @LizTruss”.
“I think you owe Liz Trussell from Reading an apology,” Tibbles The Brummie Cat added.
"And I bet she likes cake," wrote another on the thread.
"I love cake," Ms Trussell replied.
The Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson also reached out, mistakenly congratulating Ms Trussell on becoming the UK's leader.
“Sweden and UK will continue our deep and comprehensive co-operation. Important for our citizens, economies and security,” she wrote.
She later deleted her post — but not before Ms Trussell replied to thank her.
"Looking forward to a visit soon! Get the meatballs ready,” she wrote.
It was “too bad they deleted it, you seem like you'd be a far better PM,” wrote another Twitter user in reply to the exchange.
Another user urged her to show them all that the “best man for the job is a WOMAN”.
“Preach sister,” Ms Trussell replied.
As Ms Trussell became known for her antics, others tweeted her on purpose.
“There must be a way the new Prime Minister can be appointed via Twitter and the Queen accidentally appoints @Liztruss instead,” wrote one user.
“Yes!!!!!! Me & Queen Liz would deffo be besties,” she replied.
The real Ms Truss will be appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as the 15th prime minister of her 70-year reign on Tuesday at Balmoral in Scotland.
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Results
First Test, Brisbane: Australia won by 10 wickets
Second Test, Adelaide: Australia won by 120 runs
Third Test, Perth: Australia won by an innings and 41 runs
Fourth Test: Melbourne: Drawn
Fifth Test: Australia won by an innings and 123 runs
Petrarch: Everywhere a Wanderer
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Although you can buy gold easily on the Dubai markets, the problem with buying physical bars, coins or jewellery is that you then have storage, security and insurance issues.
A far easier option is to invest in a low-cost exchange traded fund (ETF) that invests in the precious metal instead, for example, ETFS Physical Gold (PHAU) and iShares Physical Gold (SGLN) both track physical gold. The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF invests directly in mining companies.
Alternatively, BlackRock Gold & General seeks to achieve long-term capital growth primarily through an actively managed portfolio of gold mining, commodity and precious-metal related shares. Its largest portfolio holdings include gold miners Newcrest Mining, Barrick Gold Corp, Agnico Eagle Mines and the NewMont Goldcorp.
Brave investors could take on the added risk of buying individual gold mining stocks, many of which have performed wonderfully well lately.
London-listed Centamin is up more than 70 per cent in just three months, although in a sign of its volatility, it is down 5 per cent on two years ago. Trans-Siberian Gold, listed on London's alternative investment market (AIM) for small stocks, has seen its share price almost quadruple from 34p to 124p over the same period, but do not assume this kind of runaway growth can continue for long
However, buying individual equities like these is highly risky, as their share prices can crash just as quickly, which isn't what what you want from a supposedly safe haven.
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un shake hands ahead of one-on-one discussion
US and North Korean teams sit down for bilateral summit
Kim: “I believe this is a good prelude for peace."
Trump: “We will solve it, we will be successful.”
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All Blacks line-up for third Test
J Barrett; I Dagg, A Lienert-Brown, N Laumape, J Savea; B Barrett, A Smith; J Moody, C Taylor, O Franks, B Retallick, S Whitelock, J Kaino, S Cane, K Read (capt).
Replacements: N Harris, W Crockett, C Faumuina, S Barrett, A Savea, TJ Perenara, A Cruden, M Fekitoa.
NINE WINLESS GAMES
Arsenal 2-2 Crystal Palace (Oct 27, PL)
Liverpool 5-5 Arsenal (Oct 30, EFL)
Arsenal 1-1 Wolves (Nov 02, PL)
Vitoria Guimaraes 1-1 Arsenal (Nov 6, Europa)
Leicester 2-0 Arsenal (Nov 9, PL)
Arsenal 2-2 Southampton (Nov 23, PL)
Arsenal 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt (Nov 28, Europa)
Norwich 2-2 Arsenal (Dec 01, PL)
Arsenal 1-2 Brighton (Dec 05, PL)
RESULT
Brazil 2 Croatia 0
Brazil: Neymar (69'), Firmino (90' 3)
UPI facts
More than 2.2 million Indian tourists arrived in UAE in 2023 More than 3.5 million Indians reside in UAE Indian tourists can make purchases in UAE using rupee accounts in India through QR-code-based UPI real-time payment systems Indian residents in UAE can use their non-resident NRO and NRE accounts held in Indian banks linked to a UAE mobile number for UPI transactions
