Johnson, one of a coterie of Conservative politicians who attended Britain’s elite Eton boarding school, was the figurehead of the “Leave” campaign.
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“Brexit means Brexit”, she has repeatedly said, adding earlier this week that “there will be no attempts to remain inside the European Union, no attempts to rejoin it by the back door and no second referendum”.
It foretells the reception that Johnson is likely to receive during the coming years of fraught negotiations with the 27 other European Union foreign ministers, nearly all of whom personally blame him for the chaos unleashed by the British decision to leave the bloc.
Johnson is an unusual choice to be the U.K.’s top diplomat.
Mrs May’s first night in No 10 saw a flurry of appointments, but the Brexit campaigner’s elevation to one of the four Great Offices of State shocked observers.
The job has been handed to David Davis who has previously served as a Europe Minister.
The cheerful, extroverted Johnson has had some notable successes. The campaign culminated in a vote for “Brexit’ on June 23”.
And since last month’s vote, which is why he campaigned Johnson had endured ridicule and widespread criticism for neglecting to present a Brexit strategy that was clear and quickly dropping from the leadership race.
With Britain facing an uncertain future, Hammond – the former foreign minister – said Thursday that he had no plans for an emergency budget but said businesses needed to know what the future held. The Times said Britain was at a “turning point”, with its wealth, stability and identity all at stake.
Hewing to a centuries-old tradition, Mr. Cameron arrived at Buckingham Palace around 5 p.m., tendered his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II, and recommended she appoint Ms. May-until now, Britain’s home secretary-to succeed him.
When Johnson wrote about then Prime Minister Tony Blair’s trip to the Congo in 2002, he sparked outrage for calling local residents “piccaninnies”.
After graduating in classics, Johnson became a journalist, working at The Times – from which he was sacked for fabricating quotes – and The Daily Telegraph newspapers, including as Brussels correspondent. In her previous role as interior minister, May had humiliated Johnson by refusing to allow the use of water cannons in England after, as mayor of London, he had bought three of the devices second-hand from Germany.
Davis is a long-serving lawmaker who often clashed with May when she was home secretary over privacy and free-speech issues. Mr. Osborne’s budget-surplus targets have been abandoned. May has indicated she does not intend to do that this year. “However we’re sure of one thing, that British-Turkish relations are more important than that and can’t be hostage to these statements”, the Turkish official said.
“Presumably Boris Johnson’s first act as Foreign Secretary will be to apologise to the President of the United States, and then the leaders of our European partners”, he said.
Acknowledging the struggles faced by many people, May declared: “The government I lead will be driven not be the interests of the privileged few, but by yours”.
In an editorial in the Sun, Mr Johnson speculated over why US President Barack Obama intervened in the European Union referendum debate.
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Michael Fallon will keep his post of Defense Secretary in the new government.
