Boris Johnson is going to be the next UK prime minister.
He finished ahead of his rival, foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt, in the Conservative Party leadership contest with a convincing lead.
Thank you all for the incredible honour you have done me. The time for campaigning is over and the time for work begins to unite our country and party, deliver Brexit and defeat Corbyn. I will work flat out to repay your confidenceHe said:"I know some wag who has already pointed out that deliver, unite and defeat was not the perfect acronym for an election campaign since unfortunately it spells dud.
Mr Johnson won the support of Conservative Party members on a pledge to take the UK out of the European Union by the end of October, even if that means a no-deal Brexit. During his campaign, he refused to rule out suspending Parliament in order to push through a no-deal Brexit.Boris Johnson's share of the vote - 66.4% - is slightly lower than the share won by David Cameron in the 2005 Conservative leadership election .
— Jeremy Hunt July 23, 2019 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was, unsurprisingly, more critical of his new opposite number, pointing out Mr Johnson’s questionable mandate.
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