LONDON, England – Number 10 Downing Street has a new resident, prime minister-elect Boris Johnson, and a new conservative party leader, signaling a significant change in the country’s approach to the European Union, domestic affairs and re-positioning on the world stage.
Johnson won a total of 92,153 votes or 66 percent, beating foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt 46,656 votes, 34 percent.
It was an “extraordinary honour and privilege” to be elected Tory leader and pledged to “energise the country” adding “The campaign is over and the work begins,” thanking outgoing prime minister Theresa May or her “extraordinary service to this party and this country”.
“We now need to work together to deliver a Brexit that works for the whole UK and to keep Jeremy Corbyn out of government” May responded. “You will have my full support from the backbenches.”
US President Donald Trump tweeted: “Congratulations to Boris Johnson on becoming the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He will be great!”
Johnson, complimentary of president Trump has some curious onlookers saying: “The circus has come to town. I couldn’t stand any more of it,” backbencher Keith Simpson said, leaving the meeting early. “You have to pinch yourself, people kept calling him the prime minister-elect.”
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn claimed Johnson had yet to win the support of the country at large, tweeted: “Boris Johnson has won the support of fewer than 100,000 unrepresentative Conservative Party members by promising tax cuts for the richest, presenting himself as the bankers’ friend, and pushing for a damaging No Deal Brexit. But he hasn’t won the…
