Former foreign minister Boris Johnson was elected leader of Britain's governing Conservative Party on Tuesday, and will take over as prime ...
on Tuesday , and will take over as prime minister when Theresa May steps down on Wednesday.
"But ... if you asked me whether I think we should now, were I to be prime minister now, would I be supporting military action against Iran? Then the answer is no."As protests erupted in the former British colony earlier this month over a proposed extradition bill, and a war of words ensued between Britain and China, Johnson told Reuters the people of Hong Kong were"within their rights to be very sceptical, very anxious" about the legislation.
His reluctance to antagonise Trump was evident earlier this month when he failed to defend Britain's ambassador to Washington after diplomatic memos in which Kim Darroch described Trump's administration as"inept" were leaked to a newspaper. During a leadership debate, Johnson did criticise Trump for his comments about four congresswomen but declined to describe the remarks as racist.
"Believe me there is cash now available ... I'm prepared to borrow to finance certain great objectives but overall we will keep fiscal responsibility," he said.
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