Boris Johnson won the Conservative Party’s leadership election on Tuesday and will take the reins of the government Wednesday, fulfilling his decades-old ambition to become Britain’s Prime Minister.
As supporters compare his brash public persona to a modern-day Winston Churchill while his detractors liken him more to President Trump, the 55-year-old former mayor of London will have to demonstrate his ability to guide the country through the greatest test since the end of World War II.
Johnson, an avid supporter of Brexit, will attempt to succeed where outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May failed – getting Britain to honor the 2016 referendum result and leave the European Union. In addition to that, a crisis with Iran and a relationship with the U.S. in need of repair await him.
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They’ll need a derrick to pry May from 10 Downing. What a mess she’s left. Let’s hope Trump has inspired Johnson to be hos own man, do the right things.
He’s a lover of Winston Churchill. The bodes most well.
Boris assembles his team: Johnson immediately appoints Remainer Mark Spencer as chief whip after becoming Tory leader in landslide vote – but will Hunt KEEP his Cabinet position after last-minute backstage chat with new PM?
- Boris Johnson has been announced as Conservatives’ new leader after winning backing from party members
- The MP won a resounding 66 per cent of the votes from Conservative Party members in the postal ballot
- The newly-elected Tory leader will take over from Theresa May as the Prime Minister tomorrow afternoon
- Mr Johnson has made an appeal for party unity following a fractious campaign against Jeremy Hunt
- He has reiterated his determination to force through Brexit by the end of October with or without a deal
- Respected behind-the-scenes operator Mark Spencer has been appointed as the government chief whip
- Education minister Anne Milton became latest to resign saying she had ‘grave concerns’ over No Deal
Boris Johnson was cheered to the rafters by Tory MPs tonight – as he got his leadership off to a running start by appointing Mark Spencer as his chief whip.
Mr Johnson was greeted with whooping and banging of desks as he arrived to address the backbench 1922 committee at Parliament after securing the top job.
The new Conservative leader spent the afternoon thrashing out the shape of the rest of his team with aides amid high secrecy, with rumours swirling over who will get the biggest posts when he officially takes over from Theresa May as PM tomorrow.
He kicked off the process by drafting in Mr Spencer, who is little-known outside Westminster but a respected behind-the-scenes operator.
No formal announcements are expected until after he gets the keys to No10, but Sajid Javid, Liz Truss and Matt Hancock are widely thought to be battling it out to become Chancellor. Mr Javid arrived for the ’22 with Mr Johnson, in what could be a sign he is destined for No11.
Meanwhile, Jeremy Hunt is fighting to avoid being evicted from the Foreign Office after failing to run Mr Johnson close in the Tory contest. The two men were reported to have had a long conversation in the ‘green room’ before the result was declared, with speculation they might have been discussing his future. Mr Hunt conspicuously opted to attend the gathering of MPs this evening, suggesting he is happy with the outcome of the talks.
Mr Johnson’s family including father Stanley, sister Rachel and brother Jo were among those in the audience at the Queen Elizabeth II centre to hear the news that he had secured 66 per cent of the 140,000 votes from activists. However, there was no sign of girlfriend Carrie Symonds.
The announcement was immediately hailed by US president Donald Trump, who said Mr Johnson would do a ‘great job’. But EU negotiator Michel Barnier indicated that while he wanted to ‘work constructively’ with the new PM the Withdrawal Agreement was not up for grabs.
In his victory speech, Mr Johnson – whose ambition as a boy was to be ‘World King’ – paid tribute to Mr Hunt, and thanked Theresa May for her ‘extraordinary’ service to the country.
He said he would bring a ‘can do spirit’ to ‘deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn’. He joked that the acronym for his ‘deliver, unite and defeat’ goals was ‘DUD’. But he insisted he was going to add an ‘E’ to make ‘DUDE’.
‘Dude, we are going to energise the country,’ he said to laughter. ‘Like some slumbering giant we are going to arise and ping off the guy ropes of self-doubt.’
However, Mr Johnson is also facing a potentially catastrophic Tory mutiny as MPs mobilise against his ‘do or die’ vow to secure Brexit by Halloween – even if it means crashing out without an agreement.
Education minister Anne Milton quit minutes before Mr Johnson’s coronation, saying she had ‘grave concerns’ and could not fall into line with his Brexit policy. Remainers including Philip Hammond, Rory Stewart and Dominic Grieve also stayed away from the ’22 meeting tonight.
Boris Johnson gave a victory salute and thumbs up today as he visited Conservative campaign HQ after winning the the leadership contest
Boris Johnson – whose ambition as a boy was to be ‘World King’ – paid tribute to Mr Hunt, and thanked Theresa May for her ‘extraordinary’ service to the country
Mr Johnson appeared slow to shake hands with Mr Hunt after he was declared the new Conservative leader today
Contenders Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt shook hands as they heard the dramatic vote result today
Mr Johnson said he would ‘energise’ the country and wake the ‘slumbering giant’ to take advantage of Brexit opportunities
Mr Johnson has made Mark Spencer his chief whip. The former Remainer is a little-known figure outside Westminster, but an influential behind-the-scenes operator
The announcement was immediately hailed by US president Donald Trump, who said Mr Johnson would do a ‘great job’
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Frankly I don’t trust him . Till he delivers in Brexit and stops muslim immigration and deports jihadi scums.
Sharia Police in Uk are not willing to protect those who speak truth about islam https://tinyurl.com/ya6j3phj
Instead go after those who expose the jihadi crimes and oppose their Left/Liberal supporters !
It won’t be easy when there is so much deep rooted adversity.
PoTAYto, poTAHto.
Good one!
Give him a chance, a fighting chance before chopping him off at the knees, before
he even has started! I have faith in him, sit back, watch and be amazed……
A glimmer of hope for Britain…..
I suppose the lesser of all evils. Maybe he will do a Churchill as pre WW2 Churchill was often regarded as an unreliable eccentric by fellow parliamentarians as he did go on a bit about Nazis and muslims. Boris has his chance. Will he make it 15 mins or a decade as he had better solve the muslim problem but I fail to see how the Tories will allow him to do so. If he sacks a couple of muslims (Home secretary for starters) and frees TR we might be on to something. I bet he lacks the courage!
LoL, Nazis and moslems!
How wrong was Winston to imagine that these two bedmates would cause any problems for the future of humanity.
I’ll believe it when he rescinds the travel ban on you, Pam, and Robert Spencer – and follows through with Brexit. Talk is cheap, action is the only thing that counts.
Very true and as they say over here: the proof is in the pudding.
The very near future will tell.
Not only the travel bans….Mr. Glynn….is there anything the people can do to get Boris to get Tommy Robinson out ??
I think he will have to serve his sentence but I can’t see Boris persecuting Tommy the way the slag May did. The way she we nt about dealing with Tommy was grudgeful and evil.
Things have changed for the better but we are still miles from where we need to be.
I think it’s safe to say the same for us here in the States. If you saw any of the Mueller testimony, it was truly a vindication for President Trump. The democRATs however, are not going to go away, so yes, I think we are still a few miles away from where WE need to be as well…..
The only way is forward ed but we are bound to suffer many more pitfalls on the way.
Just really happy that May has gone and we see Boris as a breath of fresh air.
Keep optimistic mate????????????????????????
Will do !! Keep up the good work yourself sir !!
This appointment of the American born Boris heralds a new era of trade and friendship between the UK and USA and we will both go from strength to strength. Fk the EU and the UN too, the globalists are on the run.
The sky is the deepest blue and the temperature is in the 30s so I’m off to the beach with my dog for a nice cooling swim in the sea.????
But not in black pudding right?
as long as it’s NOT Jeremy “never met a terrorist I didn’t like” Corbyn.
Congratulations England from America.
Just like we care about our other ally Israel, we are concerned that you keep your sovereignty. Brexit.
Just heard Boris speak for the first time ever.
when he speaks, he raises your moral. that’s what I noticed. he raises the moral in a room.
hope he becomes a great UK PM and great partner for our President Trump; and other ally Mr. Netanyahu.
Commie Corbyn has No chance of becoming pm and many in the Labour Party realise the position of having a self confessed Marxist and friend of the IRA, Hamas and Hizbola is far from being a vote winner.
At least there’s some good news…
Anne Marie Waters and Pat Condell don’t seem to hold out much hope that Boris will do BREXIT, but after waiting three years what’s another couple of months? I thought October 2019 was the new deadline, I wonder if Vegas is placing any odds on whether or not BREXIT will actually happen in October 2019?
He’s got to be a big improvement on the last pm who has gone down as the very worst in the long history of pm’s but Boris is far from perfect. One thing he does understand though is the need for Britain to leave the EU on the 31st of October or the conservatives as a party will be finished and Nigel Farage with his Brexit party will clean up the votes and take Boris’s job before it’s barely started. I too would like to see Anne Marie Waters and the For Britain Party in control but sadly that is Never going to happen.
ROLL ON THE 31ST!
I can’t imagine anyone not voting for For Britain, UKIP seems to be washed up and I don’t much trust Farage WRT the islamic death cult and muslums.
For Britain are still just a small fledgling party and not all voters have even heard of them.
Most of the UK public usually vote for one of the main 2 but with all the mishandling of Brexit Farage’s new Party have done very well as people show their disgust at the traitorous scum.
Like you though I too trust non of the main parties
Boris Johnson’s, or “BOJO”, as the Brits call him, bearing such a physical resemblance to Trump and having been born in the US gives rise to the question, “Separated at birth?”.
Thank god I thought slumbering Britain was dead but now there is some hope. I am impressed by the man. I am impressed by the people that elected him.
I don’t like how Johnson bad mouthed Trump recently after Trump endorsed him. He’s a dumbass. But at least he’s pro-Brexit. Isn’t he part Turk? He’ll probably never go against Islam.
His great-great grandfather was said to be a Turk but Boris is not afraid to criticise islam as he recently caused a storm by likening the Burka to a postbox/mailbox and saying the wearers could be bank robbers.
I feel confident now that Brexit will become a reality on the 31st of October.????????????????????????????????????????
I am happy too. I would love to see a turn around in the U.K.
Just as Trump is America’s last hope, Johnson is England’s last hope.
It’s going to be one helluva war to reverse the damage done by Clintons and Obama. Even Bush Jr. let us down…telling us that Islam was a religion of peace.
Johnson/Farage/Robinson
A great fighting speech on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street by Boris just now.
He has just come back from Buckingham Palace to see the Queen and he is now Great Britain’s Prime Minister.
No more ducking the Brexit vote.
We are out of the EU on the 31st of October????
Congratulation’s Sir!!!!
Now, RELEASE TOMMY ROBINSON!!!
TRUMP 2020
The first act of Boris Johnson should be to put forward a bill to give compensation to all the women and children who have been victims of the Muslim rape gangs and to provide an incentive payment to any civilian who has evidence of these rapes and insist the police give this crime a high priority.I have a suspicion that flights to Pakistan will be booked full for several months by Pakis fleeing imminent arrest.