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Greg Evans
Jul 23, 2019
Boris Johnson has been crowned as the new prime minister of the UK after besting Jeremy Hunt in the Tory leadership contest, to replace Theresa May at the head of the UK government.
The former mayor of London won 92,153 votes amongst Conservative party members, with Hunt earning 46,656. Johnson, therefore, had 65.4 per cent of the vote and will be the next prime minister that takes the country out of the EU on October 31.
The result was practically a foregone conclusion as Johnson was the firm favourite to succeed May from the very start of the contest so you would think that he would try and turn up on time for his coronation.
In typical Johnson fashion, this wasn't the case at all. The results were due to be announced at 11:45 am on Tuesday morning but wasn't actually confirmed till gone midday.
This was mostly because Johnson was late, forcing the whole thing to run 20 minutes later than planned and as you can imagine, the jokes really did write themselves.
Boris Johnson the bride is late to his own wedding— Jane Merrick (@Jane Merrick) 1563878952
Boris Johnson late first day in the job. #NextPrimeMinister— Lief (@Lief) 1563879059
Good start for @BorisJohnson.... He seems to be running late! https://t.co/SDj6ohBpWa— Cllr Liam Walker  (@Cllr Liam Walker ) 1563879308
As ever, Boris Johnson is late— Adam Bienkov (@Adam Bienkov) 1563878947
Boris Johnson running things for the announcement in the same way he will run the country. Inefficient, inept and l… https://t.co/Z6xZcpXmEm— Jack Flannigan (@Jack Flannigan) 1563879070
Boris Johnson is apparently late for the announcement of the new prime minister/tory leader better get the zipwire… https://t.co/sGpc9SSqxD— Cat with an Ombudsman human to supervise (@Cat with an Ombudsman human to supervise) 1563879234
Still, he does have form for this type of thing...
Anyone who listened to the BBC’s inquiry podcast about Boris Johnson will know this turning up late and looking fra… https://t.co/X2GGiqBxYx— Sophie Petzal (@Sophie Petzal) 1563879125
Let's just hope that Johnson isn't late for his first official day on the job, which will be Wednesday afternoon, following Theresa May's final prime minister's questions before tendering her resignation to the Queen.
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