The former foreign secretary is the favorite to replace Prime Minister Theresa May, whose leadership has been all but undone over Brexit.
With the messy Brexit process having doomed British Prime Minister Theresa May’s leadership, the person most likely to take over for her, fulfilling his lifelong ambition, is Boris Johnson, the former British foreign secretary whom President Donald Trump calls a friend.
The Brexit Party, founded in January by the populist Nigel Farage, has capitalized on Brexiteer anger and cannibalized votes from both the Conservative and Labour parties. Labour has been accused of having a vague Brexit stance, of sitting on the fence. Many Brexiteers say the finer details of May’s deal would keep Britain shackled to the EU, specifically the Irish “backstop,” which was intended to ensure that the border between southern and northern Ireland stayed open if no deal was reached.
Other ministers may soon follow. They are said to be furious with May for tacking a second referendum onto her Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, without consulting her Cabinet, in the hope that it would be enough to win over opponents in Parliament to pass the deal.
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