Boris Johnson is expected to be elected leader of Britain's governing Conse...
LONDON - Boris Johnson is expected to be elected leader of Britain’s governing Conservative Party and the next prime minister on Tuesday, tasked with following through on his “do or die” pledge to deliver Brexit in just over three months time.
The winner will be announced at about 1045 GMT at an event near parliament and will formally take over as prime minister on Wednesday afternoon, succeeding Theresa May, who stepped down over her failure to get parliament to ratify her Brexit deal. He has said he would ramp up preparations for a no-deal to try to force the EU’s negotiators to make changes to the accord.“We will of course be pushing our plan into action, and getting ready to come out on October 31st, come what may ... do or die,” Johnson told TalkRadio last month.
The new prime minister will also be acutely aware of the electoral threat posed by Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, which won the most votes and seats in May’s European Parliament elections, while there has been a surge in support for the pro-EU Liberal Democrats.
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