As party members decide, Truss has upper hand in contest to be Britain's new PM

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss speaks during a Conservative Party leadership campaign event in Leeds, Britain July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/Pool

LONDON (Reuters) - Few members of the governing Conservative Party supported foreign secretary Liz Truss when the leadership contest began this month, but now there's a sense of inevitability that she will become Britain's next prime minister.

"It's hers to lose" is the common refrain from party members, who will cast their votes in coming weeks to appoint the new Conservative leader and successor to Boris Johnson.