UK’s Boris Johnson pledges to get Brexit done on Oct 31 after winning race to be PM
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Reuters Jul 23, 2019 06:38 PM IST
Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson says as prime minister he will “deliver Brexit, unite the country” and defeat the Labour opposition.
Boris Johnson promised to deliver Brexit on Oct. 31 after he was chosen by UK Conservative Party members to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s prime minister on Tuesday.
“We are going to energise the country. We are going to get Brexit done on October 31 and we are going to take advantage of all the opportunities it will bring,” Johnson said in a speech after defeating rival candidate Jeremy Hunt.
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(Reporting by Alistair Smout, Kate Holton and Andrew MacAskill; editing by Stephen Addison)
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