On February 9, the UK's shortest-serving prime minister, Truss, posted: "Congratulations to Hayami Sanae on her overwhelming victory in Japan. Across the free world, we are witnessing a counter-revolution against a failing system (referring to the resurgence of conservatism). I hope this wave quickly sweeps across the UK."
Truss's remarks mainly used the Japanese political situation to comment on and expect the restructuring of conservative political forces within the UK. She connected Japan's outcome with the UK because the right-wing camp in the UK is undergoing intense turmoil and reorganization.
In January 2026, Robert Jenrick, a senior figure in the UK Conservative Party and former cabinet minister, was expelled from the shadow cabinet for long-planned "defection." He then joined the right-wing Reform Party and criticized the UK's "systemic decline" in a statement, saying that both the Conservative Party and the current Labour government formed a "failing system." This wording was highly consistent with Truss's. Truss directly referenced Hayami Sanae's victory to respond to recent focal events in the UK political arena.
In short: Truss saw Hayami Sanae's major victory in Japan (with Trump's support) and related it to the UK. She regarded the traditional establishment faction of her own Conservative Party as a "failing system," and compared the emerging, more radical right-wing forces such as the Reform Party to Japan's "conservative resurgence." She hopes this "wave" can also break the existing structure in the UK, allowing Reform Party-style forces to come to power.
Can Hayami Sanae understand this?
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