Britain's New Prime Minister

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Britain's New Prime Minister

- Conservative Party will announce the victor between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt this Tuesday
- PM Theresa May will hold her last PMQs in the House of Commons on Wednesday then drive to the Palace to resign
- Queen Elizabeth II will summon the victor to Buckingham Palace for the 'kissing of hands' to become PM on Wednesday

So yes, the moment will finally arrive this week as Britain finds out who its 55th Prime Minister will be, or the 14th of Queen Elizabeth II.

The timing will go roughly like this: sometime Tuesday we'll find out the winner of the Conservative and Unionist Party leadership contest, and that person (Boris or Hunt) will become leader of the governing party. Then, the next day PM Theresa May will leave Downing Street for the last time, attend her final PMQs and then drive to Buckingham Palace to resign to Queen Elizabeth II. Shortly afterwards, the Palace will summon the winner of the leadership contest and invite the winner to form a Ministry. It's expected Cabinet appointments may take place on the Thursday.

So a two tweets of interest I saw recently...

BBC NewsNight did four scenarios, and below is the one I think is most likely.

“We leave October 31st whatever happens”

Helen Thomas from Blonde Money says “whatever he (Boris Johnson) manages to thrash out, he will claim it is a new form of the deal.”#newsnight | @MarketBlondes pic.twitter.com/zZREnxBS43

— BBC Newsnight (@BBCNewsnight) July 19, 2019

Philip Hammond packs his bags. What a satisfying photo. 😍 pic.twitter.com/YdoCKN9SYX

— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) July 20, 2019

EU countries are secretly reaching out to Boris Johnson in a bid to stop no deal. Irish bigwigs have signalled a willingness to do business in talks with senior Johnson allies. See Sunday Times

— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) July 20, 2019

BREAKING: David Gauke tonight confirms that he will resign from the cabinet next Wednesday after PMQs because he can’t serve Boris Johnson while he pursues no deal. Tells the Sunday Times he fears it would lead to national “humiliation”

— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) July 20, 2019

Thoughts?

[Inseriousity.]

I'm more interested to see the Cabinet that Boris puts together. Having a condition that they have to support No deal should make for an interesting selection.

*Unless there's a major upset and Hunt wins, in which case, I wouldn't care at all. Theresa in Trousers was a fairly apt nickname, I reckon.

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@Inseriousity;

So far I have read...

- IDS for Deputy PM
- Patel for Home Secretary
- Rees-Mogg for Chief Secretary to Treasury
- Davis possibly as Chancellor/Foreign Secretary.


I thnk it'll likely play out as that video describes, but with a few changes. So: Boris becomes PM, gets cosmetic changes to the backstop, Deal still fails to pass, VoNC held which the government ever so narrowly wins only after some retiring Labour MPs like Hoey help it after Grieve and some others leave the party to vote against, Britain leaves 31st October, shortly afterwards a General Election is called as Tories no longer have a working majority for domestic legislation, Boris likely wins a majority as Leave voters especially from the Brexit Party return to voting Tory as a result.


Anyone else want a shot at predicting what'll happen?

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Boris wins 66% to Hunt's 33%

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 confidence

— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) July 23, 2019

I wish @BorisJohnson well as Prime Minister with his do or die pledge to deliver Brexit on October 31st. Does he have the courage to deliver?

— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) July 23, 2019

Congratulations to Boris Johnson on becoming the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He will be great!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 23, 2019

Many congratulations to @BorisJohnson on being elected leader of @Conservatives - we now need to work together to deliver a Brexit that works for the whole UK and to keep Jeremy Corbyn out of government. You will have my full support from the back benches.

— Theresa May (@theresa_may) July 23, 2019

[Jarkie]

Well we now have our version of Trump. Be interesting to see what Brois brings to the UK.

[FlyingJesus]

I love how it's not even about keeping Labour out, just Corbyn himself because he's so dangerously shit

[dbgtz]

It’s the arrogance. It’s the contempt. That’s what gets me. It’s Gordon Brown’s apparent belief that he can just trample on the democratic will of the British people. It’s at moments like this that I think the political world has gone mad, and I am alone in detecting the gigantic fraud. They voted for Anthony Charles Lynton Blair to serve as their leader. They were at no stage invited to vote on whether Gordon Brown should be PM… They voted for Tony, and yet they now get Gordon, and a transition about as democratically proper as the transition from Claudius to Nero. It is a scandal. Why are we all conniving in this stitch-up? This is nothing less than a palace coup… with North Korean servility, the Labour Party has handed power over to the brooding Scottish power-maniac.

[Zak]

Incoming..

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Here's a selection of the best tweets/news from yesterday.

I am loving this Cabinet! Rees-Mogg, Truss, McVey, Raab, Patel, Villers....

Boris Johnson has become the new UK prime minister, after his official appointment by the Queen

Live updates: https://t.co/lGxI5NDDbN pic.twitter.com/3K1JL9quzl

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) July 24, 2019

WATCH | "The people who bet against Britain are going to lose their shirts!"

Punchy, upbeat, and optimistic about our future as an independent nation - Boris vows to deliver Brexit by October 31!

Watch the full speech at https://t.co/UTj2is1rkf pic.twitter.com/HhL9wsi1M2

— Leave.EU (@LeaveEUOfficial) July 24, 2019

Great Offices of State appointments (excl. PM)

One big appointment coming today - Dominic Cummings expected to be senior advisor to the new PM - Vote Leave chief moving into govt - huge brain and experienced in govt, and will be applauded by Brexiteers - highly controversial too

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) July 24, 2019

So to be clear, there is a Vote Leave takeover of Downing St and the government: former campaign director Cummings as Johnson’s de facto chief executive, Lee Cain as director of Comms, Rob Oxley as press secretary and Oliver Lewis as a Brexit policy adviser. They gave the UK...

— Robert Peston (@Peston) July 24, 2019

Everyone appointed so far by Boris Johnson agrees with his pledge to leave the EU on Oct 31st. Clear he’s not interested in any debate on that matter, as he made clear during campaign.

— Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) July 24, 2019

Harold Macmillan's Night of the Long Knives saw seven cabinet ministers sacked... 11 have left the cabinet today

— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) July 24, 2019

This is officially the biggest clear out of Cabinet without a change of party in power - more than half of them gone - not a reshuffle it’s a new govt

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) July 24, 2019

.@BorisJohnson and Dominic Cummings have organised a comprehensive Vote Leave takeover of government. This is the most ruthless reshaping of an administration I have ever witnessed. It is focussed on the sole aim of delivering Brexit by 31 October. And probably fighting...

— Robert Peston (@Peston) July 24, 2019

[FlyingJesus]

How you gonna call it a "best of" selection of tweets without having any that of the ones going mental over Big Liz having a Dyson fan

BREAKING NEWS...
Forget the new prime minister, the Queen has a Dyson cool fan pic.twitter.com/6WAqhuz9lV

— Elliot Wagland (@elliotwagland) July 24, 2019