Boris Johnson: New PM to form government after taking office (UK community)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49092327
INTRO: Boris Johnson will begin the process of forming his government later after he succeeds Theresa May as prime minister. The new Conservative leader will take office on Wednesday afternoon following an audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. After entering Downing Street, he is expected to announce a clutch of senior cabinet posts, including chancellor of the exchequer and home secretary.
Sources close to Mr Johnson say his top team will reflect "modern Britain". He is expected to use the opportunity to increase the number of women in full cabinet positions and boost the representation of ethnic minorities. Mr Johnson won a decisive victory over Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in a ballot of Tory members - gaining a 66.4% total share of the vote. (MORE)
Boris Johnson is 'buffoon-like, very impressive, right man for the times in Britain' - Simon Bridges (NZ community)
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zeal...on-bridges
INTRO: Buffoon-like, not crushingly boring, unique - descriptions New Zealand MPs have given to incoming British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. "This is a guy who can be on, can be off, he's got that buffoon-like quality," National leader Simon Bridges said. "Having met him he's very impressive, very smart. He's the right man for the times in Britain. I think he's going to make it more outward looking."
Mr Johnson will be made UK Prime Minister on Wednesday, taking over from Theresa May who announced her intentions to step down as Prime Minister in May after being unable to deliver Brexit. When asked to expand on "buffoon-like", Mr Bridges said, "someone who gets a bit of marmalade on his chin, who sometimes doesn't say quite the right things, whose personal life can be interesting".
"For all of that, he's an impressive guy." Mr Bridges said the appointment would be beneficial for New Zealand as Mr Johnson "has a real regard for the Commonwealth and I think New Zealand". (MORE)
Boris Johnson: What the US makes of new British leader (US community)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49050937
INTRO: What's an American to make of Boris Johnson? Not the person-on-the-street American, who may look at a photograph of the new British conservative leader and think they're being asked to identify an aging 1970s glam rocker. I'm talking about the US media analysts and commentators who get paid to think about politics and, occasionally, cast their eyes across the oceans to see what the rest of the world is up to.
At this point in US history, it's hard for Americans to view any major political event outside the context of the rise and rule of Donald Trump - the crashing cacophony that drowns out all other thought. Emmanuel Macron is elected president of France? A rebuke of Trumpism! The Liberal/National right-leaning coalition prevails in Australia? Trumpism triumphs!
Such is the case with the Mr Johnson. The comparisons between the two Anglophone leaders have come fast and furious - some facile and others more nuanced. Even Mr Trump himself got in on the game, in a speech in Washington on Tuesday afternoon. "He's tough and he's smart," Mr Trump said of Mr Johnson. "They call him 'Britain Trump', and it's people saying that's a good thing. They like me over there. That's what they wanted. That's what they need."
There are plenty of other opinions, of course - that Mr Johnson is either the second coming of Donald Trump in a good way or in a bad way; a British original or a knock-off nationalist... (MORE)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49092327
INTRO: Boris Johnson will begin the process of forming his government later after he succeeds Theresa May as prime minister. The new Conservative leader will take office on Wednesday afternoon following an audience with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. After entering Downing Street, he is expected to announce a clutch of senior cabinet posts, including chancellor of the exchequer and home secretary.
Sources close to Mr Johnson say his top team will reflect "modern Britain". He is expected to use the opportunity to increase the number of women in full cabinet positions and boost the representation of ethnic minorities. Mr Johnson won a decisive victory over Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in a ballot of Tory members - gaining a 66.4% total share of the vote. (MORE)
Boris Johnson is 'buffoon-like, very impressive, right man for the times in Britain' - Simon Bridges (NZ community)
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zeal...on-bridges
INTRO: Buffoon-like, not crushingly boring, unique - descriptions New Zealand MPs have given to incoming British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. "This is a guy who can be on, can be off, he's got that buffoon-like quality," National leader Simon Bridges said. "Having met him he's very impressive, very smart. He's the right man for the times in Britain. I think he's going to make it more outward looking."
Mr Johnson will be made UK Prime Minister on Wednesday, taking over from Theresa May who announced her intentions to step down as Prime Minister in May after being unable to deliver Brexit. When asked to expand on "buffoon-like", Mr Bridges said, "someone who gets a bit of marmalade on his chin, who sometimes doesn't say quite the right things, whose personal life can be interesting".
"For all of that, he's an impressive guy." Mr Bridges said the appointment would be beneficial for New Zealand as Mr Johnson "has a real regard for the Commonwealth and I think New Zealand". (MORE)
Boris Johnson: What the US makes of new British leader (US community)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49050937
INTRO: What's an American to make of Boris Johnson? Not the person-on-the-street American, who may look at a photograph of the new British conservative leader and think they're being asked to identify an aging 1970s glam rocker. I'm talking about the US media analysts and commentators who get paid to think about politics and, occasionally, cast their eyes across the oceans to see what the rest of the world is up to.
At this point in US history, it's hard for Americans to view any major political event outside the context of the rise and rule of Donald Trump - the crashing cacophony that drowns out all other thought. Emmanuel Macron is elected president of France? A rebuke of Trumpism! The Liberal/National right-leaning coalition prevails in Australia? Trumpism triumphs!
Such is the case with the Mr Johnson. The comparisons between the two Anglophone leaders have come fast and furious - some facile and others more nuanced. Even Mr Trump himself got in on the game, in a speech in Washington on Tuesday afternoon. "He's tough and he's smart," Mr Trump said of Mr Johnson. "They call him 'Britain Trump', and it's people saying that's a good thing. They like me over there. That's what they wanted. That's what they need."
There are plenty of other opinions, of course - that Mr Johnson is either the second coming of Donald Trump in a good way or in a bad way; a British original or a knock-off nationalist... (MORE)