The Conservative Party chose Boris Johnson as its new leader, meaning he will take over imminently from Theresa May as U.K. Prime Minister.
Boris Johnson, a man U.S. President Donald Trump describes as his friend, will take over as the U.K.'s new prime minister after winning the Conservative Party's leadership contest to replace the outgoing Theresa May.
after her repeated failure to get her unpopular Brexit deal to leave the European Union through Parliament, which time and again rejected her proposals. Over time, she lost the support of voters and then her party, and leaves office with a terrible approval rating. May will formally resign as prime minister on Wednesday after taking part in her last Prime Minister's Questions in Parliament. She will head to Buckingham Palace to tender her resignation with the Queen., will then arrive at the Palace to be appointed prime minister by the monarch. The Conservatives have a tiny majority in the British Parliament, requiring, in practice, government-by-consensus.
A general election is now widely seen as inevitable if not this Autumn, then by the Spring. Parliament is deadlocked over the issue of Brexit, unable to agree on a path forward other than rejecting a no deal scenario. While he was Mayor of London, Johnson made derogatory remarks about the then-presidential candidate Trump, accusing him of being"out of his mind," of"stupefying ignorance," and of being"unfit" for high office.
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