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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.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @05:17PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @05:17PM (#870759)

    "The problem with capitalism is that eventually everyone but the capitalists runs out of money." - Margaret Truther

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @05:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 24 2019, @05:22PM (#870761)

    Blaming capitalism for a bunch of government BS? God you people are easy to scam.

  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday July 24 2019, @05:55PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 24 2019, @05:55PM (#870781) Journal

    Sorry, little popgun - I didn't mean to trigger you.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday July 25 2019, @12:13PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 25 2019, @12:13PM (#871021) Journal

    The problem with capitalism is that eventually everyone but the capitalists runs out of money.

    Given that nobody has "run out" of money, does that mean that everyone is a capitalist? At some point, you probably ought to wonder why the world is doing so well.