Both members of Parliament unsuccessfully challenged her for Conservative Party leadership, and Johnson, a former London mayor, was one of the leaders of the campaign to leave the EU. She later apologized amid a storm of criticism, and said on Monday that it had become clear she lacked the support to lead the party.
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Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May has named Former Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Hammond was seeking the post that could be seen as a promotion although anything but an easy post in the turbulent environment of uncertainty.
“The thing I really fear and this is what I ask people to be a bit more nuanced about is, if things don’t work out for her, for that not to be a sign that we can’t do it”. In that sense, she shares little more with Margaret Thatcher than gender.
Another hardline critic of the EU, Liam Fox, becomes minister for global trade, reflecting the need to forge new alliances if Britain leaves the EU single market.
A spokeswoman for Mrs May said: “Civil servants have already been charged with finding a building to house the Brexit department – an indication of Theresa’s commitment to get on with delivering the verdict of European Union referendum”.
Gesturing across the room and up to his wife, Samantha, watching from the gallery, he said: “I will miss the roar of the crowd, I will miss the barbs from the opposition, but I will be willing you on”.
May said last month that if she became Prime Minister, she would not invoke Article 50 this year, despite pressure from European Union leaders to do so swiftly. Johnson led the campaign to drop out of the EU.
The Cameron family left 10 Downing Street on a windy, drizzly summer evening, and headed to Buckingham Palace so the outgoing British Prime Minister David Cameron could formally tender his resignation to Queen Elizabeth.
Britain’s new prime minister has curtsied to the Queen and wasted no time forming her cabinet.
Conservative MP Theresa May has been appointed as Britain’s second woman Prime Minister, The Independent reports.
Newly appointed Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson waves as he leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on July 13, 2016 after new British Prime Minister Theresa May took office.
The appointment of leading Brexit campaigners to her new government emphasises May’s commitment to pulling Britain out of the European Union, despite her own reservations, analysts said.
In her first remarks as prime minister, May said she wanted to build a better country that worked for all its citizens and would battle to keep the United Kingdom together.
“The Prime Minister underlined the ongoing commitment of the United Kingdom to be a key partner for the USA on global issues, including counter-terrorism and security”.
London had long “paralysed” European efforts to have a more closely integrated security policy, said Ursula von der Leyen, as she presented Germany’s first big-picture defence paper in a decade, pledging Berlin’s willingness to play a greater role in the world.
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May also spoke of the “precious bond” between the nations of the United Kingdom, implicit recognition of the tensions generated by the referendum in which England and Wales chose to quit the European Union, but Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to stay, raising the possibility of a new Scottish vote on independence.
