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Today, Explained

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Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.4 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Boris Johnson wanted a Brexit and now he’ll have to figure out how to make it happen. The Atlantic’s Tom McTague explains how a self-proclaimed “blithering idiot” became prime minister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On Tuesday, the Conservative Party announced the winner of its own leadership election.

0:11.7

Jeremy Hunt, 46,656, Boris Johnson, 92,153.

0:23.9

Therefore I give notice that Boris Johnson is elected as the leader of the Conservative

0:29.8

and Unionist party.

0:35.9

The Conservative Party is the largest party in the House of Commons.

0:40.0

In coalition with a smaller party they have a majority in the House of Commons and that

0:45.6

makes him Prime Minister.

0:51.4

After that, on Wednesday we saw the formal change over of power.

0:56.7

The door of number 10 only is the Prime Minister and her husband Philip.

1:02.1

And this was when Theresa May, the ex leader of the Conservative Party, but still remaining

1:07.0

as Prime Minister, went down to Buckingham Palace to see the Queen she left out the back

1:11.7

of 10 Downing Street.

1:13.3

I'm about to go to Buckingham Palace to tender my resignation to her Majesty, the Queen,

1:19.0

and to advise her to ask Boris Johnson to form a new administration.

1:23.6

Now, actually, so go with our husband.

1:27.1

To the Black Jaguar, the Prime Minister is amazed saying goodbye to Downing Street, which

1:33.1

has been her home for the past three years and a few days.

1:38.5

It was driven down the one mile straight journey in Central London to Buckingham Palace

1:45.0

in the Prime Ministerial car.

1:46.5

The Queen will be waiting on the first floor in her audience room.

1:52.8

She went in for the audience with the Queen.

1:55.4

Once she'd finished in that meeting, Theresa May left Buckingham Palace in a private car.

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