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MAGDALENA ANDERSSON

‘Get the meatballs ready’: Swedish PM congratulates wrong Liz Truss

Sweden's prime minister was so eager to congratulate Liz Truss on becoming the UK's third woman prime minister on Monday, that her official Twitter account ended up messaging the wrong person.

Published: 6 September 2022 11:26 CEST
'Get the meatballs ready': Swedish PM congratulates wrong Liz Truss
Liz Truss arrives at Conservative Central Office in Westminster after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest in London, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Moments after Truss was voted in as Conservative party leader, and as a result the UK’s next prime minister, Sweden’s prime minister Magdalena Andersson tweeted a message of congratulations to the @liztruss Twitter handle. 

“Congratulations to @liztruss, as she assumes the role of Prime Minister of the UK. Sweden and UK will continue our deep and comprehensive cooperation. It is important for our citizens, economies and security,” she wrote.

Unfortunately for Andersson, or more likely her hapless social media manager, this account is run by a certain Liz Trussell rather than the new Prime Minister Liz Truss, who immediately made fun of the situation. 

“Looking forward to visit soon! Get the meatballs ready,” Trussell tweeted. 

Andersson’s account corrected the mistake after 27 minutes, tweeting to the correct @trussliz account. 

In the defence of Sweden’s PM, she was far from the only person to make the error, with the UK’s Green Party MP Caroline Lucas among the many who tweeted to Trussell.

Trussell spent the evening making the most of the situation, who Sky presenter Sophy Ridge joked was “living her best life” replying to the wrongly sent tweets. 

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SWEDEN AND UK

UK appoints new ambassador to Sweden

International security specialist Samantha Job will take over from Judith Gough as British ambassador to Sweden.

Published: 13 May 2024 10:22 CEST
UK appoints new ambassador to Sweden

Samantha Job is set to succeed Judith Gough in August.

“Very proud to announce my next appointment,” wrote Job on communications app X.

 

A career foreign service officer since the early 1990s and with a strong background in defence and international security, her appointment could be a sign that the UK is viewing Sweden as an increasingly key actor in terms of Baltic security following its new Nato membership.

Job’s most recent senior role was as director for defence and international security at the UK’s foreign ministry (the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – FCDO), from 2019 to 2022.

Her CV also includes, among other things, working for the UK’s mission to the UN in New York as a counter-terrorism and non-proliferation expert, joint head of the FCDO’s North Africa department in London, foreign and security policy counsellor at the British Embassy in Washington and head of European security and defence policy at the FCDO’s security policy department.

She is currently in full-time language training ahead of taking up her new role.

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