He beats his rival Jeremy Hunt by an almost 2 to 1 margin in his party vote in Parliament …..
The Brits’s get their own Donald Trump……
Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s former foreign secretary and a fierce backer of Brexit, will replace Theresa May as prime minister after winning the Conservative Party’s leadership contest on Tuesday.
He will become prime minister on Wednesday.
Johnson, who has been one of the most vocal proponents of the country’s planned withdrawal from the European Union, received 92,153 party votes to defeat Jeremy Hunt, who received 42,656.
“I give notice that Boris Johnson is elected as the leader of the Conservative and Unionist parties,” Cheryl Gillan, a member of Parliament, announced.
President Trump quickly congratulated Johnson.
“Congratulations to Boris Johnson on becoming the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,” Trump tweeted. “He will be great!”
Trump has offered praise for Johnson in the past, saying he thought he would make an “excellent” prime minister after May’s resignation.
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Following the announcement, Johnson pledged to complete Brexit.
“I say to all the doubters, dude, we are going to energize the country. We’re going to get Brexit done.”
“We are going to unite this amazing country and we are going to take it forward,” he added…..
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Hot Damn!
Lester Holt just said Boris Johnson was born in NEW YORK?
Among the Presidents born in New York city are both Roosevelts and Donald Trump.
Remember what those Pace Picante sauce cowboys would exclaim:
New York City ? !!!!
(followed by various unpleasant threats or actions)
THE BIG APPLE!….
The birthplace of the knuckleheads leading the US and UK as of tomorrow afternoon!
But don’t despair, James: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the President’s favorite Congresswoman (after Ilhan Omar), was also born in Gotham.
… as were (I think) Bernie Sanders, Howard Dean and Barney Frank.
Sanders is a former Brooklynite…
I pulled a Wiki site….
Damn!….
Link….
I was wrong about some places, but not always by that much.
T.R. was born in the Manhattan family home of the “Oyster Bay” Roosevelts at 28 E. 20th Street.
But FDR was born in the town of the Hyde Park branch of the Roosevelts in Hyde Park, N.Y.
Howard Dean was born in East Hampton, Long Island.
And Barney Frank was born in Bayonne, New Jersey.
T.R. (as I wrote above) was born in [the Flatiron district of] the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Boris Johnson was born on the Upper East Side.
A.O.-C. was born in The Bronx.
Bernie Sanders was born in Brooklyn, and
Donald Trump was born in Queens.
That covers four of the Five Boroughs, all save Staten Island.
{main source: Bing or Wikipedia via Bing]
Truly the ‘Big Apple’….
Boris Johnson is NOW the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after meeting with the British Queen….
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Boris Johnson, an ardent supporter of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, took over as prime minister from Theresa May on Wednesday, projecting an optimistic view of the country’s future despite the looming specter of Brexit.
Mr. Johnson, a former foreign secretary and two-term mayor of London, is a polarizing figure, known for over-the-top displays and a charismatic bluster that has connected with many voters but alienated others.
But in his first address in front of 10 Downing Street, his new residence, shortly after meeting with Queen Elizabeth II and being invited to form a new government, he offered a rebuttal to those who doubt his ability to lead…
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