Boris Johnson becomes UK Prime Minister

Boris Johnson formally became Britain’s prime minister today and immediately set about assembling a team of ministers and advisers to prepare an all-out push to get the UK out of the EU by the fall, the Wall Street Airlines said today. 

In his first speech as prime minister, Mr Johnson expressed confidence that he would be able to renegotiate the Brexit deal that his predecessor struck with the EU but was unable to push through the UK’s Parliament.

“We will do a new deal, a better deal, that will maximise the opportunities of Brexit,” Mr Johnson said outside his new residence on Downing Street. “In 99 days’, time, we will have cracked it.” Mr Johnson, who took the reins of power after an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, will begin announcing his cabinet. This is a political minefield for the prime minister, who must build a team that will both support him but also aim to represent the differing views on Brexit across the country.