The United Kingdom now has their own blonde problem at the top of their leadership.
Tuesday, conservative Boris Johnson was voted in the next British Prime Minister easily defeating Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. It’s expected Johnson will take on his new role within British Parliament Wednesday after as the outgoing PM Theresa May will host her final Prime Minister’s Questions in Parliament, offer her final remarks to the country and step down.
A vocal supporter of Brexit, Johnson will now have 99 days to find a Brexit solution — something he’s oftentimes failed to offer previous leadership — or suffer much of the same consequence his predecessors (David Cameron and May) faced in Parliament and throughout Britain.
Johnson’s rise to the essential top has come amid a sluggish, odd and controversial backstory.
Born in New York City to upper-middle-class parents, Johson first got his start in the public eye as a journalist finding favor among conservatives critical of the EU by public ridicule of the Union. Now EU criticism is certainly fine however much of this was achieved by outrageous and often times fictitious claims.
Boris Johnson’s journalism is proof that he’s a terrible prime minister-in-waiting
After his journalism career ended, Johnson found himself Mayor of London from 2008–2016, a position he yawned his way through by delegating responsibilities and a laziness he would take with him to his foreign secretary role. While taking on that post, Boris found criticism for allegedly skipping briefings and relying on charm to conduct foreign business something citizens of the United States may find all too familiar with their current leadership.
Again though as far as that EU exit deal for the United Kingdom, Johnson will have to rely more on actual solutions rather than alternative emotions as he’s been prone to do in the past. On the surface, Johnson is still very much the vocal proponent of Brexit and would seem like the guy needed to get it done. Not to mention is was Johnson himself who said that a “no-deal” divorce would have major economic repercussions on the United Kingdom and the World. However, according to the Telegraph’s Peter Foster, there are reports indicating the “question being asked around Europe is whether Mr. Johnson wants a deal at all.” This has led to a “no-deal” resistance amongst the Conservative ranks of Parliament with outgoing Finance Minister Philip Hammond taking on the leadership role in that.
