Brexiteer Boris Johnson to be Britain's next prime minister

 

Boris Johnson speaks after being announced as Britain's next Prime Minister at The Queen Elizabeth II centre in London, Britain July 23, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Boris Johnson, the ebullient Brexiteer who has promised to lead Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal by Halloween, will replace Theresa May as prime minister after winning the leadership of the Conservative Party on Tuesday.

 

His victory catapults the United Kingdom towards a Brexit showdown with the EU and towards a constitutional crisis at home, as British lawmakers have vowed to bring down any government that tries to leave the bloc without a divorce deal.

 

Johnson, the face of the 2016 Brexit referendum, won 92,153 votes by members of the Conservative Party. His rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, won 46,656 votes.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-07-23

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Well pop me in the eye with a champagne cork .. Who'd have thought that .. 

There goes the pound further south then. Money markets don't like him.

I wish him the best of luck in sorting this awful mess out and coming away with a deal May couldn't manage, though I have to say, I am not overly confident in his ability to pull it off.

He will just become another joke as a PM.

 

Brexit within the end of October ? What a laugh.

Lurching from one crisis to another.......the man is a plonker of the first order.

 

Has similar traits to Trump with lies, deceit, adultery with verbal diarrhoea and a 'suspect' track record. What is the world coming to?? 

3 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

There goes the pound further south then. Money markets don't like him.

I wish him the best of luck in sorting this awful mess out and coming away with a deal May couldn't manage, though I have to say, I am not overly confident in his ability to pull it off.

He's been 'pulling it off' for years and getting paid for it.

????

It is my belief that the weak pound is not down to leaving but rather the unknown and uncertainty.

 

One thing is for sure, Boris will deliver Brexit. Let's get it done and see. Everyone has their opinion about what will happen but no one can be sure.

 

One thing we can be sure about is that Boris will not take any s$@t from the EU like May did. He will stand his ground. 

 

I would imagine those that are most ticked off about this result will be the EU themselves. 

9 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Well pop me in the eye with a champagne cork .. Who'd have thought that .. 

Does he have a 'cunning plan'?

5 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Does he have a 'cunning plan'?

Hardly a Cunning Stunt though, is he?

3 minutes ago, xylophone said:

Cunning Stunt, more like it!

Does he know the difference between a magician's wand and a policeman's truncheon??

Its odds on then that he will become the shortest serving PM in UK history.

32 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

There goes the pound further south then. Money markets don't like him.

I wish him the best of luck in sorting this awful mess out and coming away with a deal May couldn't manage, though I have to say, I am not overly confident in his ability to pull it off.

Farage & Co will deliver if we're not out on 31st Oct, furthermore the Tilbrook case hasn't gone away...

Great news, a Brexiteer becomes accountable for the mess he helped create. 

Just now, evadgib said:

Farage & Co will deliver if we're not out on 31st Oct.

The serial fantasies Brexiteers engage in are at least entertaining. 

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

The serial fantasies Brexiteers engage in are at least entertaining. 

As are the serial posters.

Well, two trumps in power, they will make the world more crazy.

5 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

The serial fantasies Brexiteers engage in are at least entertaining. 

More like psychosis for beginners where their concerned ????????

7 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Great news, a Brexiteer becomes accountable for the mess he helped create. 

Make yer mind up. You said it was 'someone elses fault' earlier ????

At least the implosion of this government will be entertaining to watch.

25 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

It is my belief that the weak pound is not down to leaving but rather the unknown and uncertainty.

 

One thing is for sure, Boris will deliver Brexit. Let's get it done and see. Everyone has their opinion about what will happen but no one can be sure.

 

One thing we can be sure about is that Boris will not take any s$@t from the EU like May did. He will stand his ground. 

 

I would imagine those that are most ticked off about this result will be the EU themselves. 

Yes the weak pound is down to uncertainty, if it were not a forgone conclusion that BJ was going be the next PM the pound would have sunk very sharply today, as it is it has dropped from 1.32$ to 1.24 in the last few weeks, if Brexit happens expect the Dollar to raise above the pound.  

3 minutes ago, kiwiaussie said:

At least the implosion of this government will be entertaining to watch.

Not so funny when you live in the UK.

Remember guys if Boris is to unite the country we need to get the remainers mojo working, it cannot be 'my lifes ruined and it's all your fault' all the time. "Deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn." Go Boris.

anything that annoys <deleted> is a good thing, they stink.

 

1 minute ago, kiwiaussie said:

At least the implosion of this government will be entertaining to watch.

And now the British are the butt of all the Irish jokes, role reversal.

38 minutes ago, balo said:

He will just become another joke as a PM.

 

Brexit within the end of October ? What a laugh.

So will he be resigning on Nov 1st the day after he said we will be out by hook or by crook? and we are still in...

15 minutes ago, kiwiaussie said:

At least the implosion of this government will be entertaining to watch.

so will the implosion of thEU

My deepest condolences to my British friends who to a man did not vote for the tragic folly that is Brexit.

12 minutes ago, cyril sneer said:

anything that annoys libtards is a good thing, they stink.

I see the level of debate has reached an all time high...

 Brexit  defined as .....  'diving head first  into a swimming  pool ....... because your mad there is no water in it '. !