Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

United Kingdom

Boris rolls up his sleeves as PM

 

Boris Johnson insisted he’ll keep to his “do or die” Brexit pledge only minutes after the Queen appointed him Prime Minister.

In a speech outside Number 10 he vowed to “honour” the mandate of the 2016 referendum.

Advertisement

He said he’d prove the “doomsters and gloomsters wrong”.

He added: “The British people have had enough of waiting. The time has come to act.

“Never mind the backstop, the buck stops here.”

Mr Johnson was watched from the side-lines by his girlfriend Carrie Symonds.

He is the first Prime Minister since Edward Heath in 1970 to walk through the Number 10 door without a partner by their side.

Mr Johnson said he was looking for the “warmest possible” relations with the EU.

But, he warned, he would prepare for a “no deal” outcome if necessary.

Stepping aside from his promise to deliver Brexit by October 31st, the new PM said he’d add an extra 20,000 police officers to the streets, bring forward a new social care system and boost education.

Despite environmental protesters trying to block his path Mr Johnson arrived at the Palace just after 3.00 pm.

The Queen – who’d delayed by a week her annual holiday at Balmoral because of the political crisis – invited Mr Johnson to form a Government.

Mrs May had offered her resignation to the Queen only minutes earlier.

In her last PMQs the outgoing Prime Minister delivered a stinging jibe at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Leaning forwards across the Commons dispatch box, a no-nonsense Mrs May told him:

“As a party leader who has accepted their time has come, perhaps now is the time for him to do the same.”

Watching from the public gallery was her husband Philip.

He smiled as Mrs May had the last word, and the put-down brought huge cheers and applause from the Tories.

Mrs May says she’ll continue to represent her Maidenhead constituency from the back benches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

You May Also Like

United Kingdom

Film director Ridley Scott has recalled the death of actor Oliver Reed while making the Oscar winning blockbuster Gladiator. Scott said hard-drinking Reed “just...

Business

The controversial Russian businessman Viktor Baturin, well-known for his years-long counterstanding with his wealthy sister Elena, widow of Moscow ex-mayor Yuri Luzhkov, is likely...

United Kingdom

The Tremeloes. Dave Munden centre Dave Munden the Tremeloes drummer – and often lead singer – with the 60s chart toppers has died. He...

United Kingdom

The Watneys Party Seven is making a comeback. The ubiquitous 70s beer was a bland fizzing bitter ridiculed by many. The drink’s insipidness helped...