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Boris Johnson chosen to replace Theresa May as UK prime minister

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LONDON — Jul 23, 2019, 7:53 AM ET



Boris Johnson has been chosen as the new leader of the Conservative Party and will take over as prime minister from Theresa May when she resigns on Wednesday.
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Johnson was always the favorite to win the race, beating his rival Jeremy Hunt.

As the Conservative Party remains the largest party in the House of Commons, Johnson will become prime minister without having been elected by the general public.

In his opening speech as leader of the Conservative Party, he thanked party members for the “extraordinary honor and privilege” they had bestowed upon him.

“We conservatives have had the best insights into human nature,” Johnson said.

In reference to Brexit, Johnson spoke of the “deep and heartfelt desire for democratic self-government in this country” and that his goals were to “deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat [the leader of the Labor Party] Jeremy Corbyn.”

“That is what we are going to do,” he said. “We are going to unite this amazing country and we are going to take this forward. The campaign is over and the work begins.”


President Trump, who has spoken of his admiration of Johnson in the past, congratulated the new Conservative Party leader on Twitter.

May will take questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday before meeting the queen at Buckingham Palace to tender her resignation.

In the end, Brexit proved to be May’s downfall. The Brexit deal she spent the best part of two years negotiating with EU leaders was voted down three times in the Houses of Parliament, forcing her to request an extension until October.

The delays proved to be deeply unpopular with Brexit-supporting members of her own party.
PHOTO: Conservative MP and leadership contender Boris Johnson arrives at his campaign headquarters in central London on July 23, 2019. Niklas Hallen/AFP/Getty Images
Conservative MP and leadership contender Boris Johnson arrives at his campaign headquarters in central London on July 23, 2019.

May announced her resignation on May 24, triggering the Conservative Party election from which Johnson, one of her biggest critics, emerged victorious.

“It is a matter of deep regret that I have not been able to deliver Brexit," May said this spring. "My successor will have to find a consensus. Consensus will only be possible if those on both sides of the debate compromise."

Johnson has campaigned on the basis that he will find a better deal with the EU between now and the Oct. 31 deadline. He has repeatedly said that if they cannot agree to a deal, he will lead the U.K. out of the EU with a "no-deal" Brexit, a prospect critics say will be hugely damaging to the economy.


But reports in the British media are already suggesting that Johnson’s command will get off to a turbulent start.

Phillip Hammond, the chancellor of the exchequer under May, has already indicated he could vote to collapse a government in the event of Johnson pursuing a “no deal” Brexit, according to The Guardian.

Johnson will become the U.K.’s third prime minister since the historic Brexit referendum of 2016, which saw the country vote by a margin of 52-48 to leave the EU.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/bor...ory?id=64503020

Another joke played on the free world.

He’s like a less stable looking Gary Busey.

The dude is an idiot. He is essentially a well spoken version of Trump. Bumbling ex-Mayor of London who makes false claims about his tenureship when in reality it was chaotic and tense. He is yet another super privileged white kid who went to all the right private schools and university. He doesn't understand the common working class person, let alone POC, the Muslim community in the UK or the plight of those who immigrated to escape war, persecution or famine. Add to it he now has to steer a top ten economy that is on the precipice of the abyss and its military...it could be a disaster.

He was also one of the key figures who pushed for Brexit. Well, he has until the end of October to deliver with or without a deal. Let's see if the UK survives without a massive recession. The UK is literally in a similar mess as the US....we're both laughing stocks. Germany has their own issues, but I am sure their economy will benefit from the UK's exit and France's ongoing unemployment/sluggish growth.

Bring on the no deal brexit baby!!

I hear the Russians got him elected.

Fire up the Mule Deer, we needs us an investigation!

Just what UK wanted, Trumplite. LOL, this won't end well either.

It's telling that blanket opposition to what is now clearly a Western trend is met with name calling. Once again, not clear and coherent reflection on why Mr. Johnson came to be elected, but "This guy is a moron!". I am actually surprised he wasn't called a racist already ITT.


I don't pretend to know much about Brexit because frankly I don't care. However it does seem that it's not just in America where the rejection of mass immigration and globalization is met with resistance. Sticking your head in the sand and bemoaning "Idiots" "racists" seems to be the go to. Which is obviously so effective.

'Watermelon smiles' and 'piccaninnies': What Boris Johnson has said previously about people in Africa

https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/23/africa/boris-johnson-africa-intl/index.html

BpG, can you explain to the board what a ‘watermelon smile’ is? I would love to know. Also, you should read the article. It’s direct, straight from his mouth quotes.

None of that is racist to you, huh.

fish, 40, can you guys also explain to me what a watermelon smile is?

Erik, Tasty, Diam, and Riley.

wanna give it a crack as to what a watermelon smile is? im dying to know.

Dawg duty, Day, pfm, you guys wanna take a stab it? let me know whats up, im trying to be educated today.

Mega protests yesterday in London after Boris was announced. Remember folks....the people DIDN'T decide on this idiot. This was not a General Election. In case people don't know how it works in the UK....there was a general election in 2017 and the Conservative Party won. They have power for essentially 5 years unless they call for a General Election, which when Theresa May stepped down they could have, and their opposition called for it, but in the end they didn't, which means the ruling party choose who they want as a leader.

Actually that is how it works even in a General. You vote for the party and not the candidate, but you know who the leader of the party is. When May resigned the people didn't know who the party would nominate or vote on nor did they have a say. The Scots, in particular, are super PO'd because they voted to stay in Europe, they want to separate from the UK and now they are being led by a privileged, racist Englishman in London who is also a total buffoon. Nightmare scenario for them.

PDX, you may have more insight on Boris Johnson's new cabinet...I've read elsewhere that this is a very solid team. IDK to be honest. I wanted to list the names and I understand Politico is against the choices.



Boris Johnson has assembled his top team

Inside Westminster
Meet Boris Johnson’s new Cabinet



By Jack Blanchard

7/25/19



Out with the old, in with the new: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new Cabinet gets the pen portrait treatment.

Boris Johnson, prime minister: Vote Leave campaigner. Quit Theresa May’s Cabinet in protest over the Brexit deal he approved. Eton-educated man of the people. Brexiteer who loves immigration. Social liberal who loves water cannons. Jogging enthusiast who is addicted to cheese. Drives a beaten-up Toyota and drinks £180 bottles of Italian wine. Clever as hell but hides it well. Not popular in Liverpool. Or Scotland. Or Europe. Greek classicist. Somewhat competitive. Colorful private life.

Sajid Javid, chancellor: Euroskeptic who backed Remain then wished he hadn’t. Promoted from home secretary. Son of a Pakistani-born bus driver, as he may have mentioned. Fought his way up from the toughest streets in England to earn £3 million-a-year at Deutsche Bank. Arch-Thatcherite. So pro-market he once described ticket touts as “classic entrepreneurs.” Stood back while the U.K.’s largest steelworks went bust. Went on holiday while Tory MPs revolted over business rates. Keeps getting promoted anyway. Likeable bloke. Oddly robotic.



Dominic Raab, foreign secretary and de facto deputy PM: Vote Leave campaigner. Son of a Czech-born Jewish refugee. Quit Theresa May’s Cabinet in protest over the Brexit deal he helped negotiate. In government just long enough to learn that quite a lot of Britain’s trade come through Calais. Loves Brexit anyway. Former Foreign Office lawyer and David Davis protégé. Not a feminist. Addicted to chicken caesar baguettes from Pret-a-Manger. Also pinches strawberry split ice lollies from his kids. Black belt at karate. Fluent in Portuguese.


Priti Patel, home secretary: Vote Leave campaigner. Daughter of Ugandan-Asian newsagents. Sacked from Theresa May’s Cabinet for holding secret meetings with the Israeli government while “on holiday” in the Golan Heights. Proper right-winger who loves Margaret Thatcher. May or may not want to bring back hanging — but unlikely to get the chance, either way. Former lobbyist who once worked for the tobacco industry, if this Observer story is right.



Michael Gove, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster: Vote Leave campaigner. Adopted son of an Aberdeen fisherman. Promoted from environment secretary, now tasked with driving no deal through Whitehall as Cabinet Office Minister. Unfailingly courteous. Not entirely trusted by his new boss, for obvious reasons. Reforming minister; reformed coke-head. Ex-Times journalist married to the Daily Mail’s star columnist. Smartest man in government by a country mile. Once starred in a movie with Christopher Lee.


Ben Wallace, defense secretary: Now the government’s highest-ranking Remainer. Former ski instructor. Promoted from security minister; the main beneficiary of Jeremy Hunt’s refusal to accept a lesser role. Former British Army captain, now in the job he always craved. Long-standing friend and ally of Boris Johnson, which probably helped. Said last year that a no-deal Brexit would be a serious risk to public safety. Probably now wishes he hadn’t.


Steve Barclay, Brexit secretary: Keeps his job. Brexiteer from the north of England. Tory son of a Labour trade unionist. Trusted by Team Boris to negotiate with fellow silver fox Michel Barnier. Already being briefed against by “EU sources.” Former lawyer and British Army lieutenant.


Andrea Leadsom, business, energy and industrial strategy secretary: Vote Leave campaigner. Ex-Cabinet minister who resigned in protest over the Brexit deal she approved. A mother, as she may have mentioned. Former City banker. As a Treasury minister, was described by one official as “the worst we’ve ever had.” As an energy minister, she once announced: “When I first came to this job one of my two questions was: ‘Is climate change real?’ The other was ‘Is hydraulic fracturing safe?’ And on both of those questions I am now completely persuaded.

Matt Hancock, health secretary: Tiggerish Remainer. Cricket enthusiast. One of only a handful of Cabinet ministers to keep their job. Ran for leadership to increase his profile, then backed Boris Johnson because “he’s going to win and needs good people around him.” Spent the last month performing verbal gymnastics on TV and radio explaining why he disagreed with everything he’d previously said. Was convinced all this would lead to a big promotion. Instead he gets to keep the same job. First task is to start burying all his old policies that his new boss won’t like.


Gavin Williamson, education secretary: Machiavellian ex-fireplace salesman. Former Remainer who now loves Brexit. Former Mayite who now loves Boris. Former defense secretary who now loves schools. Former chief whip who still loves chief-whipping. Sacked from the Cabinet less than three months ago for allegedly leaking state secrets. Still denies it was him. Has a pet tarantula which was banned from the ministry of defense. Expected to now bring Cronus back to Whitehall. Civil service chief Mark Sedwill may not be impressed. State-educated.


Amber Rudd, work and pensions secretary: Also now handed the women and equalities brief. Avid lifelong Remainer, until about 10 days ago. Managed to keep her job despite backing Jeremy Hunt. Big brother runs the People’s Vote campaign for a second referendum, which should make family gatherings fun this fall. Theater buff. Recently enjoyed "Henry VI" at the Globe because “it’s about a king who takes over from another king, and then has the same problems.” Appeared in “Four Weddings and a Funeral.”


Robert Jenrick, housing, communities and local government secretary: Big promotion from Treasury minister for a young Remainer. Pleased Team Boris with a joint op-ed backing Johnson early in the campaign. Former lawyer. Famous for owning several expensive houses — will now be in charge of building many more. Pick of the bunch is this lovely Grade I-listed pile in Herefordshire. First Cabinet minister ever to be born in the 1980s.


Liz Truss, international trade secretary: Reformed Remainer who now loves Brexit. Reformed Lib Dem who now loves free markets. Yorkshire lass. Has not landed the big job she was hoping for after abandoning her leadership hopes. That viral party conference speech about opening pork markets in Beijing must have left an impression on the new PM. New opportunities to travel should be good for her Instagram, at any rate. Will hopefully keep on winding up colleagues with mischievous speeches. Badly misunderstood “Gremlins.”


Grant Shapps, transport secretary: Former Remainer now reconciled to Brexit. Disciple of LBJ, via Robert Caro. Team Boris spreadsheet king. So confident in his own abilities he handed Johnson a sealed envelope with voting numbers in it before the result was announced. Man of many names. Flies his own plane; now has his own train set too. The only Cabinet minister guaranteed to do a better job than his predecessor.


Theresa Villiers, environment secretary: Vote Leave campaigner. Sacked from Theresa May’s Cabinet when she became PM in 2016. Former lawyer and MEP. Big on animal welfare and wants more U.K. farming to be free range. Wrote in 2017 that “we should not be afraid to ask those countries who wish to sell into our market to commit to acceptable standards of animal welfare.” So probably not a fan of chlorinated chicken. Descended from royalty. Makes her dispatch box debut in a couple of hours.


Robert Buckland, lord chancellor and justice secretary: Another big promotion for a Remainer who penned the joint pro-Boris op-ed with Jenrick and Rishi Sunak. Cabinet’s highest-ranking Welshman. Jovial chap. Former solicitor general and prisons minister, so unusually well-qualified for the job. First lord chancellor in living memory who has actually sat as a trial judge. You can almost hear the legal world breathing a sigh of relief.


Nicky Morgan, digital, culture, media and sport secretary: Another arch-Remainer in a lower-ranked job. Sacked from Theresa May’s Cabinet when she became PM in 2016. Has been chairing the Commons Treasury committee since the last election. Hates expensive trousers. Loves expensive handbags. Irritated pro-Remain colleagues by signing up to the so-called Malthouse Compromise plan. Probably got her a job in the Cabinet, though.



Alok Sharma, international development secretary: Low-key Remainer now backing Brexit. Promoted from employment minister. Indian-born; Berkshire-bred. Worked with Boris at the Foreign Office; friends ever since. Played the part of Jeremy Hunt in Team Boris’ preparations for the leadership debates. Former accountant. Not the most exciting of politicians thus far.



Julian Smith, Northern Ireland secretary: Surprise inclusion for Theresa May’s chief whip who was expected to depart with the PM. Has spent months working closely with the DUP so understands the issues there well. Close ally of Gavin Williamson, which probably also helped.



Alister Jack, Scottish secretary: Farmer, businessman and hard-line Brexiteer. Also grows Christmas trees for a living. First member of the 2017 intake to make the Cabinet. Already fully signed-up to a no-deal Brexit. Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson will not be impressed. SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon will be rubbing her hands with glee.



Alun Cairns, Welsh secretary: Remainer now reconciled to a sharp break with Europe. Champion marathon runner. Last remaining Cabinet minister appointed to their job by David Cameron.



Natalie Evans, leader of the House of Lords: Former think tank boss. Husband James Wild was just appointed deputy chief of staff in No. 10.

Natalie Evans — former think tank chief | Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images

James Cleverly, minister without portfolio and Tory party chairman: Brexiteer. Promoted from deputy chairman; now tasked with getting the party machine ready for the inevitable general election. Another former British Army lieutenant. Worked with Johnson as youth ambassador at City Hall.

https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-new-cabinet-whos-in/

Some I know, Michael Gove is the big name, but Ben Wallace and Gavin Williamson have been around. A lot of these folks are Brexiteers, which as Boris campaigned for Brexit I guess it makes sense that he surrounded himself with others who want it. This article is pretty fluffy, lazy journalism tho...it gives absolutely zilch insight into these people and is more about the writer's ego and trying to be funny, clever and making subtle and unsubtle sarcastic jabs.

Boris made some rather lofty comments and promises in his speech to Parliament. He has until Oct. 31 to deliver a deal or leave without one. Could he be gone by Christmas? If the Tories lose yet another leader I think that would almost certainly have to force a general election to the public.

One thing for certain...it's a mess on that overpopulated island and nobody knows how it will play out.

ok, nowhere else to put this,

Justin Trudeau, Anguhhla Merkle, Vladimir Putin, Francois Hollande,

and others, all from different countries, not the USA,

What is it; whatabout; Why is it?

Every politician I can think of from the USA is 75-85 years old,

ohh, or they're some version of fringe group like a homosexual or Muslim, or whatever else they can think of.

Schumur, Pelosi, Trump, McConnel, Biden, Bernie, Man everybody who is White is 75 years old it they are a politician,
What a disgrace to politics

Talk about diversity not being in play.

I have no clue so why don't you take a CRACK at it

I know many people just write you off as being some kind of a loon.

But I just quoted this so people understand it runs much deeper than that.