Justice Secretary Michael Gove, who had challenged May in the Conservative Party leadership race, was among the first sackings announced on Thursday.
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– May gave her former job of home secretary to Amber Rudd, Britain’s former energy secretary. The pound rose sharply on the news, while shares fell.
Johnson’s predecessor as foreign secretary was Philip Hammond, who repeatedly called Russia’s behavior on the world stage both “a threat and a challenge”.
Outside Downing Street, several demonstrators chanted: ‘What do we need?
Relations between the two countries are at their lowest point since the Cold War after a British inquiry concluded it was probable senior Kremlin officials had ordered the 2006 killing of Kremlin foe Alexander Litvinenko in London. She is Britain’s first female lord chancellor.
Britons chose Brexit despite a barrage of warnings that severing ties would create huge uncertainty and plunge the economy into recession. The winning “Leave” campaign dismissed what it called “Project Fear”, saying Britain would prosper if it regained independence from Brussels. “It’s a sign of the British political crisis that has come out of the referendum vote”, he responded.
“But the campaign is over, the referendum was held and there’s no reason to discuss this anymore”.
Josh Earnest, President Barack Obama’s spokesman, said the White House congratulates Mrs May and expects her plans for executing Brexit to align with the president’s.
The job has been handed to David Davis who has previously served as a Europe Minister.
Still, Hardt suggests: “Britain remaining in the European Union should also be an option for the new government – it would be better for Great Britain and the rest of the European Union”.
The Brexit campaigner made a surprise comeback to front-line politics following the appointment of Theresa May as Prime Minister.
“The secretary and Foreign Secretary Johnson agreed that the U.S.-U.K. special relationship is as essential as ever”, the State Department said in a statement, calling for a “sensible and measured approach to the Brexit process”.
But it also said May had appointed him “to heal the party and to show the voters… that she takes the referendum outcome seriously”.
But it foretells the reception Johnson is likely to receive among the 27 other European Union foreign ministers during the coming years of fraught negotiations.
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With bumbling humor, his unkempt blond hair and penchant for Latin quotes, the guy known to Britons just as “Boris” will be a contentious selection for running sensitive diplomacy, although the government’s most vibrant figure.
