Boris Johnson has just been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, following the resignation of ex-PM Theresa May.
The 55-year-old politician has today become their new P.M and is the Leader of the Conservative Party. The country’s new boss has received a 66% majority vote, beating the last Conservative Party leader Duncan Smith’s record of 61%. Throughout the Johnson’s campaign, he established his three key priorities: deliver, unite, and defeat. Funnily enough, they stand for dud. Touché.
Johnson, who arrived late to the result, won the ballot of approximately 160,000 Tory members. This comes despite multiple senior figures indicating they will not serve under his leadership. One indication came from Senior Conservative champion Sir Alan Duncan.
“I have very grave concerns that he (Mr Johnson) flies by the seat of his pants and it’s all a bit haphazard and ramshackle,” Duncan said.
David McCredie, a spokesperson for the Australian British Chamber of Commerce has warned Australia not to get too excited about Johnson’s interested in re-engaging with us. “[Boris] has made several pointed comments about re-engaging with Australia, particularly as a staging post for UK businesses looking into Asia,” he said.
“But don’t expect him to drop everything and rush into a free trade deal with Australia with no view of other markets.”
In a statement to the UK Daily Telegraph, Johnson said “There is no task so simple that government cannot over-complicate if it doesn’t want to do it.”
He continued, “And there are few tasks so complex that humanity cannot solve if we have a real sense of mission to pull them off.”
Now, the UK’s Liberal Democrats party has been forced to elect a new leader in Jo Swinson.
Funnily enough, Johnson happens to look like American President Donald Trump, who, just last week received backfire from Justin Bieber over A$AP Rocky.
Check out BBC News’ announcement of Boris Johnson becoming the latest U.K Prime Minister:
