Boris Johnson becomes UK new prime minister

Boris Johnson becomes UK new prime minister

Boris Johnson becomes UK new prime minister

Boris Johnson will become the next prime minister of Britain and leader of Britain's governing Conservative Party, tasked with following through on his "do or die" pledge to deliver Brexit in just over three months time.

Boris Johnson will become the next prime minister of Britain after beating Jeremy Hunt in a poll of Conservative members to become the new party leader.

Johnson and his rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, have spent the last month crisscrossing the country seeking to win over the less than 200,000 Conservative Party members who will choose Britain’s new leader.