Boris Johnson – the UK’s next prime minister

Boris Johnson has been chosen to become the President of the Conservative Party and the Britain’s next prime minister.

In a poll attended by members of the UK-based Conservative Party, Johnson took 92,153 votes, while his rival Jeremy Hunt scored 46,656 votes in a ballot of party members. Turnout was 87.4%.

Boris Johnson is one political figure to appreciate Romanians. When he was asked about how worried should Romanians living in the UK be after Brexit, Johnson said in a interview: “I don’t think they should be worried at all. They shouldn’t worry because they are extremely valuable members of our society. We love them. They make an enormous contribution to the economy of the United Kingdom, to the British culture.’’

“I was the mayor of London. When you walk through London, you see many Romanian stores, Romanians working in all areas. We think there are a half of million Romanians in the United Kingdom. We would be crazy to let them go back to Romania. We want to keep them, we want to make sure they feel safe and their rights are protected,” Johnson said.

Boris Johnson will officially take office on Wednesday, when Theresa May formally resigns the post in the context of the Brexit crisis.