Former London Mayor Boris Johnson left home clutching his red box today hours after he was appointed Britain’s new foreign secretary by Prime Minister Theresa May in a surprise development.
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Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that he hopes that the United Kingdom foreign secretary Boris Johnson won’t make any more rude statements about Turkey.
‘I was very pleased to receive a phone call from Secretary (John) Kerry of the United States who totally agreed with that analysis.
Boris Johnson’s first speech as British Foreign Secretary has been meet with boos at a Bastille Day Celebration in the French Embassy in London this morning.
Johnson has an uphill struggle ahead of him, Ayrault said, adding that “now he is the one to have his back against the wall, to defend his country and to clarify his relationship with Europe”.
This time, he was on the receiving end: France’s foreign minister declared that the “leave” campaigner had “lied a lot”, and Germany’s top diplomat called him “irresponsible”.
But he went on to say the U.S. would work “with the British no matter who is occupying the role of foreign sec because of our deep abiding special relationship with the United Kingdom”.
Asked for a response to Mr Ayrault’s remarks, and his own record of undiplomatic comments, Mr Johnson said it was “inevitable that there would be a certain amount of plaster coming off the ceilings in the Chancelleries of Europe” after Britain’s Brexit vote, and they were “making their views known in a free and frank way”.
Political scientist Ian Bremmer said Mr Johnson’s appointment would be beneficial for “social media satire”.
In May, Mr Johnson also called into question the EU’s role in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, where Russian Federation is widely accused of backing the rebels who control much of the region.
If you weren’t already anxious about the former Mayor of London becoming the country’s new foreign secretary, this 90 second compilation will do the trick.
Challenged over whether Mr Johnson was ready to take over responsibility for intelligence agency MI6, Chancellor Philip Hammond pointed out that he would receive plentiful support from the “highly skilled and competent” civil servants in the “well-oiled machine” of the Foreign Office.
The cable reads: “Conservative candidate Boris de Pfeffel Johnson’s successful candidacy for the mayor of London has defied the laws of political gravity”.
Boris Johnson has earned a reputation as Britain’s most flamboyant politician, a man whose impressive vocabulary is matched only by his ability to offend at every turn.
However, May has said Britain will need time to prepare for the negotiations.
During the run-up to the European Union referendum, in which Mr Johnson campaigned for Brexit, he criticised US President Barack Obama for advising Britain to vote for Remain.
She said she was determined to listen “not to the mighty” but to the members of society who were struggling and disadvantaged.
“May God help him and reform him”, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told the BBC on Wednesday, before Johnson’s appointment was announced.
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The star Brexit campaigner said he was “humbled” having been named new foreign minister and is expected to work closely with India in his role that covers the Commonwealth countries, alongside newly-appointed global trade minister Liam Fox.
