Boris Johnson
Five Ministers of the British Cabinet asked the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs to Boris Johnson urging them to take the post of Prime Minister of the UK is Theresa may. On Saturday, June 10, according to the newspaper The Sunday Times.
As noted, the Ministers contacted Johnson after the results of the vote and told him their support if he stands in against may.
Previously, the newspaper Mail On Sunday, citing close to Johnson, the source said that he wished to become Prime Minister, but not going to take any action while this post is Theresa may.
Johnson himself commented on this information on Twitter.
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Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson)
10 June 2017, 22:14
“Nonsense from the Mail on Sunday. I support Theresa may. Let’s continue the work,” he wrote.
On last Thursday, June 8 early parliamentary elections the conservative party won, however, lost its ruling majority in Parliament and lost the chance to form a single-party government.
Elections were held at the initiative of the Mae, which has taken the decision to dissolve the Parliament and strengthened the parliamentary majority of his party ahead of negotiations with the EU on Brexit. To gain a simple majority of seats the conservatives failed, which is why there is the need to create coalitions. 9 Jun Mei said that she intends to form a government with the help of his friends from the Democratic unionist party.
March 28 Mei signed a letter with the notice of the authorities of the European Union about the formal start of procedure Brexit — the exit from the European Union. Negotiations on the terms Brexit will take two years. The decision to withdraw Britain from the EU were adopted by referendum on 23 June 2016.