July 23, 2019
Pro-Brexit Johnson crushes establishment candidate Jeremy Hunt to win leadership of Conservative Party and will soon become PM.
Boris Johnson, the eccentric pro-Brexit Conservative who was instrumental in helping the UK secure their independence from the European Union, has won the race to become Leader of the UK Conservative Party.
“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.”
Johnson crushed Jeremy Hunt, who was the establishment choice, pulling in 92,153 votes to Hunt’s 46,656.
Johnson now becomes leader of the Conservatives, and will thus become UK PM tomorrow when Theresa May officially steps aside
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