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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 24 2019, @12:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the all-change,-again dept.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49084605

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 (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @02:07PM (#870666)

    Where do you think the MSM get their ideas?

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday July 25 2019, @12:33PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 25 2019, @12:33PM (#871027) Journal

    Where do you think the MSM get their ideas?

    Themselves. Look at how rapidly various weird phrases spread about. My favorite was the "ultra-loyal" Republican Guard of the old Saddam Hussein regime of Iraq in the months prior to the start of the Iraqi invasion in 2003. Sure, the US-led force could roll over the mundane troops of that regime, but what would happen when they met these highly trained troops, ultra-loyal to Saddam himself? Turns out they would roll over those guys too. Ultra-loyalty didn't amount to much.

    Maybe the phrase was coined in some ministry of information somewhere, but it spread because other talking heads were using the phrase.