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Boris Johnson to be Prime Minister of Britain

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

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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: 3, Interesting) by quietus on Wednesday July 24 2019, @03:49PM (2 children)

    by quietus (6328) on Wednesday July 24 2019, @03:49PM (#870718) Journal

    Ofcourse the EU is not done negotiating. The EU has already "won" in the sense that the locus of financial power is relocating from London to a triangle between Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt. What's left is to make the transition as comfortable as possible.

    There could be some opportunities there for the UK, if they would take their own negotiating team seriously, and give it serious political support. The negotiations weren't so drawn out because of inherent complexity (that's something for the transition period, now): but David Davis having spent only about 5 hours total in Brussels over the whole 2 year period, according to the Financial Times, and continuous artificial political hubbubs about non-issues like the Divorce Bill and the timing, did.

    That's not going to change suddenly. Which is a pity really, as the same issues will simply return post-Brexit, and have to be negotiated anyway. Brexit will not stop suddenly, even after a hard Brexit: in fact, it will only then start in earnest.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @06:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @06:14PM (#870794)

    the locus of financial power is relocating from London to a triangle between Amsterdam, Paris and Frankfurt

    Wrong [wikipedia.org]

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @07:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @07:48PM (#870831)

    Wrong again [duckduckgo.com]