JUST IN: Boris Johnson set to be UK's next PM after being elected leader of governing Conservative Party
LONDON: Boris Johnson was named the new leader of Britain's governing Conservative Party on Tuesday , putting him on the path to becoming the country's next prime minister.after failing to get parliament to ratify her Brexit deal.Johnson and his rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, have spent the last month crisscrossing the country seeking to win over the less than 200,000 Conservative Party members who will choose Britain's new leader.
He inherits a political crisis over Britain's exit from the European Union, currently due to take place on Oct 31. Johnson must persuade the EU to revive talks on a withdrawal deal that it has been adamant cannot be reopened, or else lead Britain into the economic uncertainty of an unmanaged departure.
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