The British Conservative Party elected its former Foreign Secretary and Brexit promoter Boris Johnson as the next Prime Minister, winning over Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Demagogic xenophobe and soulmate Donald "Rump" Trump extended his congratulations to Johnson, saying "He'll be great!"
Johnson's election has prompted several senior members of the government to announce that they won't serve under him:
"Education Minister Anne Milton tweeted her resignation just half an hour before the leadership result was due to be revealed. She joins the likes of Chancellor Philip Hammond, Justice Secretary David Gauke and International Development Secretary Rory Stewart who have all said they disagree too strongly with Mr Johnson's Brexit strategy to work closely with him."Johnson has promised that the UK will leave the European Union by October 31, whether or not an exit deal can be made with the EU. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was quick to react to Johnson's election:
"Johnson's no-deal Brexit would mean job cuts, higher prices in the shops, and risk our NHS being sold off to US corporations in a sweetheart deal with Donald Trump."Johnson shares many characteristics with his U.S. doppelganger in addition to politics and the farcical hairdos:
"With a personality, and perhaps an ego, of a scale that few of his colleagues can match. This is the man who even as a child wanted to be 'world king'". (our emphasis)Finally, there are these reminders of the buffoons we have the misfortune of leading us:
It's all a show for the rubes, and they're the stars. Sad!
BONUS: The First Shady offers her idiotic congrats (since deleted) --
A few select responses (more here):
Ivanka sends her congratulations to the Prime Minister of the United “Kingston” shortly after Trump praised the Prince of “Whales.” These people are so utterly incompetent and embarrassing even on the smallest stuff. pic.twitter.com/Q5c6v00YYv— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) July 23, 2019
Is the United Kingston the place where you operate your sweatshops, you fraudulent shanda spawn of the most racist pos to squat in the White House?— Lesley Abravanel (@lesleyabravanel) July 23, 2019
the illiterate buffoon doesn't fall far from the illiterate buffoon tree— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 23, 2019
How dare you suggest this person has no place engaging in international diplomacy pic.twitter.com/tyQJ3njXRH— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) July 23, 2019
(photo: Who's who? Getty Images)
