Liz Truss on Wednesday was promoted to the role of Foreign Secretary after a successful run in the International Trade Department as the lead negotiator for Brexit Britain's new global position. Institute for Economic Affairs' Mark Littlewood discussed the evolution Ms Truss underwent from attending marches for nuclear disarmament with her "socialist" parents to a more Thatcherite political position. Discussing her new appointment to the Foreign Office, GB News host Tom Harwood questioned Mr Littlewood on her record: “It's interesting that she's so popular with Conservative Party members because she wasn't always in the Conservative Party.

       “When she was growing up, she used to be taken on CND marches with her socialist parents. At university, she was a member of the Liberals.

       "We’ve always had very similar politics.

       "Although she's been the Conservative Party, she would obviously describe herself as a Conservative.

       "That's how she appears on every ballot paper, I think it's much better to think of her as a kind of radical classical liberal.”

       He continued: “I don't want to overplay the comparisons with Margaret Thatcher here but there are definitely some.

       “Ideologically, I would say that Liz Truss considers herself to be a pro-freedom, kind of politician. In both areas – social and economic.

       “And the same way that Margaret Thatcher was indeed still is years after her death the darling of the grassroots.

       “That might go some way to explaining Liz Truss’s popularity too.”

       Ms Truss took over the Foreign Office from Dominic Raab exactly a month after the fall of Kabul in the hands of the Taliban.

       Mr Raab faced criticism after he failed to return to the UK from his holidays despite international concerns about the insurgents swiftly approaching the Afghan capital.

       The return of Kabul in Taliban control spurred a chaotic escape of Westerners based in the country as well as former aides to the British and US armies and their families.

       An approximate 17,000 Afghans were evacuated from Kabul Airport before the deadline for the closure of the runaway on August 31.