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Boris Johnson has been elected new Conservative leader in a ballot of party members and will become the next UK prime minister.
He beat Jeremy Hunt comfortably, winning 92,153 votes to his rival's 46,656.
The former London mayor takes over from Theresa May on Wednesday.
In his victory speech, Mr Johnson promised he would "deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn".
Speaking at the Queen Elizabeth II centre in London, he said: "We are going to energise the country.
"We are going to get Brexit done on 31 October and take advantage of all the opportunities it will bring with a new spirit of can do.
"We are once again going to believe in ourselves, and like some slumbering giant we are going to rise and ping off the guy ropes of self doubt and negativity."
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @02:07PM (6 children)
Even at the height of the hype train, Trump could still look like a sane alternative to complete madmen like Carson or Cruz. The Republicans did this to themselves.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @02:26PM
I don't think Trump was ever the saner alternative to much of anything. Most of his appeal is that he's not all that sane.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday July 24 2019, @04:05PM (3 children)
I've heard arguments against Carson that made sense, whether I agreed to them, or not. Your claim that Carson was/is a madman is somewhere out in the Twilight Zone. Of all the potential candidates in that election, Carson was probably the most sane, and most stable of the lot. And, I'm talking about BOTH parties here. You can argue politics all you like, but accusations of being mad, or crazy, should be reserved for those many SOB's who are definitely crazy. Like, Trump and Clinton, for instance. Cruz? Ehhhh - he has his faults, but he's not nearly as crazy as either Trump or Clinton.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @04:30PM (1 child)
Being crazy doesn't necessarily make him a worse choice than Trump or Clinton. But anyone that thinks the pyramids were grain silos is not playing with a full deck.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @05:06PM
Not to mention Ben Carson shilling for Mannatech: [sciencebasedmedicine.org]
Carson has not been all there since he quit brain surgery. Something wrong with his brain, something that turned him into a Black Republican. Kanye may have the same disease.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @06:22PM
Of course Dr. Carson was the most stable. He was asleep half the time, so he had slower reaction times to the news cycle's political crisis of the hour and less awake time to attempt something crazy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @06:25PM
And he will again when he runs against Pete Fruitijudge, Kamala Harris, Cory Booker or Beto O'Rourke.