News

Boris Johnson announced as prime minister

23 July 2019

By Lauren E. White

boris-johnson-announced-as-next-prime-minister

It was announced this morning that Boris Johnson is to be Britain’s next prime minister.

Johnson, who was always tipped to win the Conservative leadership race, beat opponent Jeremy Hunt in a ballot of Tory members. During his campaign, he was endorsed by a number of high-profile Conservative MPs, including Jacob Rees-Mogg, Michael Gove and Liz Truss.

Although his campaign was criticised by many as “poor”, it seems this was irrelevant to Tory members who cast their vote for the former London Mayor.

In his televised live debate against Mr Hunt, Mr Johnson said he was committed to delivering Brexit by 31st October, regardless of whether that meant a no-deal. He also said that a no-deal Brexit would be “vanishingly inexpensive” if prepared for fully.

Now current PM Theresa May will make a speech to the nation before heading to Buckingham Palace to offer her resignation to the Queen, as is political protocol.

Like this article? Please share!

  •
    Editorials An Interview With a British Cheerleader
    The first thing that comes to mind for many people at the mention of cheerleading is the beautiful, popular, mean girls in exaggerated American high school films, clad in skimpy outfits and armed with pom-poms, who reign over the school alongside their American football star boyfriends, muscular, cocky guys, almost always named Chad, Chase or […]
    Read Full Article
  • Editorials Mastering Politics: The Power of the Prime Minister
    Understanding politics isn’t easy – let alone trying to understand the role of the most important person in Britain: the Prime Minister. This week’s Mastering Politics is all about the power of the prime minister and how much of it they really have. What is the role of the prime minister? The prime minister’s (PM) […]
    Read Full Article
  • Politics Why migration is an economic necessity
    Picture this; You have made the perilous journey of thousands of miles across several countries, avoiding a war, death and trafficking, only to be turned back by what you thought was a safe haven. Rishi Sunak’s plan for migrants trying to cross the channel is a complete and utter disaster, not to mention violating several […]
    Read Full Article
  • Books Book Review: Things a Bright Girl Can Do
    1914. The world stands on the edge of change. But women still have no vote. Evelyn is rich and clever, but she isn’t allowed to go to university. Life is set out for her, but Evelyn wants freedom and choice, even if it means paying the highest price alongside her fellow Suffragettes. Meanwhile, May campaigns […]
    Read Full Article
  • Politics Revisiting Mastering Politics: What’s an MP?
    For a lot of people, politics is a very confusing topic. There are so many words to remember, so many parties and government positions and it’s not easy to know what it all means. But there is no shame in not knowing. After all, it’s not like the news explains the definition of all of […]
    Read Full Article
  • News Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis Explained
    This week, you will likely have seen the videos circulating on social media of protestors in Sri Lanka breaking into former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s home, eating his food and using his gym. But how did it get this far? What has been happening in Sri Lanka? Let’s break down the events that led up to […]
    Read Full Article