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An ambition is fulfi lled.
But what next for Britain?
Heather Stewart
Jessica ElgotBoris Johnson will today underline his
determination to unite the fractured
and demoralised Tory party and
deliver Brexit by 31 October as he
achieves his long-cherished ambition
of becoming Britain’s prime minister.
The new Conservative leader had
already begun “lovebombing” scep-
tical centre-ground MPs last night,
with Theresa May prepar ing to leave
Number 10 Downing Street after
three fraught years. “He is at heartthe backing of colleagues from both
sides of the divide to get any Brexit
deal through parliament.
As he begins to assemble his cabinet,
with as many as a dozen appointments
today, Johnson will seek to highlight
the diverse nature of his top team. ”
The former development secre-
tary Priti Patel, who was sacked by
May, is tipped for a return to cabinet,
with the work and pensions minis-
ter, Alok Sharma, also expected to be
around the top table. The junior hous-
ing minister, Rishi Sunak, is poised forpromotion as is the former sports min-
ister Tracey Crouch.
Most closely watched will be the
job of chancellor, with the former
leader ship contender Sajid Javid, and
an early Johnson backer, Liz Truss,
both in the frame. The health secre-
tary, Matt Hancock, is hoping to be
rewarded for swinging behind John-
son after dropping out of the contest.
In his acceptance speech, Johnson
said his task, “at this pivotal moment
in our history”, would be to “reconcile
two noble sets of instincts – between
the deep desire for friendship and
free trade and mutual support and
security and defence between Britain
and our European partners; and the
simultaneous desire, equally heart-
felt, for democratic self-government
in this country.”
His attempt to strike a
moderate tone was dealt
2 a one-nation Tory. That’s who he is
and that’s how he’ll govern,” insisted
a Johnson ally.
The former mayor of London swept
to a convincing victory over Jeremy
Hunt after securing the backing of
ardent Brexiters, including Jacob Rees-
Mogg and Steve Baker.
Johnson won 66% of the votes –
92,153, to Hunt’s 46,656. Turnout was
87 % among the Tory party’s 159,
eligible members.
But with a wafer-thin majority in
the House of Commons, he will need- New Tory leader vows
to unite nation at ‘pivotal
moment in history’ after
securing huge victory
Jeremy Hunt Boris Johnson
46,656 92,
509 ballots rejected, turnout 87.4% SOURCE: CONSERVATIVE PARTYBoris Johnson
became
Britain’s 77th
prime minister
yesterday after
securing 66%
of the votes of
Tory members
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He looked puzzled. He had
expected everyone to say: No!’
Sketch John Crace Page 3 Brussels greets new PM with
rejection of his demands and
warning of challenging times
News Page 4 ‘A combustible nation is
now led by a man who likes
to play with matches’
Journal Aditya Chakrabortty
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