Britain's BorisJohnson prepares to announce team to deliver Brexit
LONDON - Boris Johnson becomes prime minister Wednesday afternoon, and is preparing to announce his top ministerial team to deliver the UK's exit from the European Union. Brexiteer Priti Patel is expected to be included. Three members of the current Cabinet, including Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, have said they will resign before Johnson takes office.
"I'm pleased to hand over to an incoming leader of the Conservative Party and prime minister who I worked with when he was in my cabinet and who is committed as a Conservative... to delivering on the vote of the British people in 2016 and delivering a brighter future for this country," May told MPs in the House of Commons in her final session of prime minister's questions.
CUMMINGS, FROST, LISTER TO ADVISE JOHNSON Former Vote Leave director Dominic Cummings, Edward Lister and former diplomat David Frost will be joining Boris Johnson's top team as senior advisers, according to two people familiar with his plans. Cummings, played by Benedict Cumberbatch in a recent television drama, is known for his combative style, and was found in contempt of Parliament this year for refusing to answer lawmakers' questions about targeted online advertising during the 2016 Brexit campaign.
DUNCAN SMITH: 'ONE LAST SHOT' AT REGAINING TRUST Former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith said Parliament and especially his party has"one last shot" at regaining the trust of voters by delivering Brexit by Oct 31, warning that the Brexit Party is ready to take advantage if it does not happen. IRISH PM SET TO SPEAK TO JOHNSON IN COMING DAYS Irish European Affairs Minister Helen McEntee told RTE radio that Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and his incoming British counterpart, Boris Johnson, are expected to speak by phone in the coming days. McEntee also said a no-deal Brexit would be catastrophic for the UK.
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