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In this image released by the House of Commons, new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks in Parliament in London, Thursday, July 25, 2019. (Jessica Taylor/House of Commons via AP)

Boris lays down battlelines

Boris Johnson signals a general election is in the offing if parliament, EU fail to embrace his vision.

Jacquelin Magnay

Boris’ BritainWorld

A handout photograph taken and released by the UK Parliament on July 25, 2019 shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking in the Houses of Parliament in central London. (Photo by JESSICA TAYLOR / various sources / AFP) / EDITORS NOTE THE IMAGE HAS BEEN DIGITALLY ALTERED AT SOURCE TO OBSCURE VISIBLE DOCUMENTS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, ADVERTISING PURPOSES - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO /JESSICA TAYLOR/ UK Parliament"

Get ready for UK poll: Barnier

Michel Barnier warns Boris Johnson’s rousing performance in the Commons will herald a UK general election.

Jacquelin Magnay

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 24: Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg arrives at Downing Street on July 24, 2019 in London, England. Boris Johnson took the office of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland this afternoon and immediately began appointing new Cabinet Ministers. Former Foreign secretary and leadership rival Jeremy Hunt returns to the back benches, along with Liam Fox, Jeremy Wright, Penny Mordaunt and Karen Bradley. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Team to deliver Brexit

The seven ministers in Boris Johnson’s inner circle.

The Times

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 24: (EDITORS NOTE: IMAGE CONTAINS PROFANITY) Protestors are seen in Whitehall after Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives back at Downing Street on July 24, 2019 in London, England. Boris Johnson, MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, was elected leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party yesterday receiving 66 percent of the votes cast by the Party members. He will take the office of Prime Minister this afternoon after outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May takes questions in the House of Commons for the last time. on July 24, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

EU: Boris is clever but unhelpful

The chief EU negotiator praised Boris Johnson as ‘clever’ but another key figure says he has increased the risk of a no-deal Brexit.

BRUNO WATERFIELD and OLIVER MOODY

Cabinet reshuffleWorld

Boris mets the Queen; outside Downing St

Queen, then ‘Pol Pot purge’

Boris Johnson wasted no time clearing out 17 senior ministers in “summer’s day massacre”.

Jacquelin Magnay

NEW PMWorld

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II welcomes newly elected leader of the Conservative party Boris Johnson during an audience at Buckingham Palace, London, Wednesday July 24, 2019, where she invited him to become Prime Minister and form a new government. (Victoria Jones/Pool via AP)

Boris gets royal seal of approval

Boris Johnson has been appointed British PM by the Queen, and in his first speech declared Brexit would go ahead “no ifs, ands or buts” by October 31.

Agencies

The Times

London Mayor Boris Johnson (L) poses with a wax figure of himself as it is unveiled at the Madame Tussauds waxwork museum in London, on May 5, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Shaun Curry

Actor is ready for his new show

Boris Johnson is more status-conscious and prone to nurse a grudge than his image as a maverick might suggest.

FRANCIS ELLIOTT

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LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 23: Newly elected Conservative party leader Boris Johnson poses outside the Conservative Leadership Headquarters on July 23, 2019 in London, England. After a month of hustings, campaigning and televised debates the members of the UK's Conservative and Unionist Party have voted for Boris Johnson to be their new leader and the country's next Prime Minister, replacing Theresa May. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ***BESTPIX***

Now the hard stuff, Boris

Britain’s new PM has promised a lot; it’s time for him to deliver.

Oliver Wright

The Times

FILE - In this Thursday, May 25, 2017 file photo U.S. President Donald Trump jokes with British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson as British Prime Minister Theresa May walks past during a working dinner meeting at the NATO headquarters during a NATO summit of heads of state and government in Brussels. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool, File)

Boris a British version of Trump

Donald Trump has described Boris Johnson as a British version of himself, saying he’s a good man who’ll get the job of Brexit done.

Prime Ministers talkWorld

Morrison phones Johnson

Scott Morrison has phoned Boris Johnson to congratulate him on becoming Britain’s new Prime Minister.

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Heeere’s Brexit!!World

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 23: Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray protests outside the campaign office of new Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson on July 23, 2019 in London, England. After a month of hustings, campaigning and televised debates the members of the UK's Conservative and Unionist Party have voted for Boris Johnson to be their new leader and the country's next Prime Minister, replacing Theresa May. (Photo by Peter Summers/Getty Images)

Negotiating skills tested

Boris Johnson has a short window of calm to convince Brussels to change its Brexit position before the storm hits.

Jacquelin Magnay

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Conservative party leadership candidate Boris Johnson delivers his speech during a Conservative leadership hustings at ExCel Centre in London, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. The two contenders, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson are competing for votes from party members, with the winner replacing Prime Minister Theresa May as party leader and Prime Minister of Britain's ruling Conservative Party. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Johnson’s hard Brexit challenge

Iran, disarray in his party, and most of all a hard Brexit: Boris Johnson has a big to do list.

Jack the Insider

Boris’s BritainWorld

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 23: Newly elected leader of the Conservative party Boris Johnson gestures at Conservative party HQ in Westminster on July 23, 2019 in London, England. After a month of hustings, campaigning and televised debates the members of the UK's Conservative and Unionist Party have voted for Boris Johnson to be their new leader and the country's next Prime Minister, replacing Theresa May. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

99 days to exit EU mire

The clock is ticking on Johnson’s “do or die” Brexit deadline. What’s next? | SCENARIOS

Oliver Wright

Lib dem chiefThe Times

How this woman can upset Boris’ apple cart

Under new party leader Jo Swinson, the remark ‘I don’t want to vote Lib Dems but …’ may soon become a British mantra.

Alice Thomson

First stepsWorld

Boris assembles ‘Dude’ team

Boris Johnson starts to fill key posts in first steps but EU warns no change to Brexit terms.

Jacquelin Magnay

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Newly elected leader of the Conservative party Boris Johnson arrives at Conservative party HQ in London, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Brexit-hard-liner Boris Johnson, one of Britainâ€™s most famous and divisive politicians, won the race to lead the governing Conservative Party on Tuesday, and will become the countryâ€™s next prime minister in a little over 24 hours. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)

Divisions sabotage uniting UK

The challenge of the task ahead for Boris Johnson was laid bare just minutes after he was announced as the new prime minister.

Jacquelin Magnay

The Times

FILE - In this Thursday, June 27, 2019 file photo Conservative leadership candidate Boris Johnson gives the thumbs at the Wight Shipyard Company at Venture Quay during a visit to the Isle of Wight, England. (Dominic Lipinski/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Need to be loved a weakness

Voters warm to him on the campaign trail but as British PM he will soon find he can’t keep all his promises.

Rachel Sylvester

Inquirer

TOPSHOT - Pro-Brexit supporters holding Union flags attend a rally in central London on March 29, 2019, organised by Leave Means Leave. - British MPs on Friday rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal for a third time, opening the way for a long delay to Brexit -- or a potentially catastophic "no deal" withdrawal in two weeks. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

Boris dangles on the edge

Is Boris Johnson only an opportunist or can he lead Britain through Brexit?

Jacquelin Magnay

Yes Prime MinisterWorld

Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks after being announced as the new leader of the Conservative Party in London, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Brexit champion Boris Johnson won the contest to lead Britain's governing Conservative Party on Tuesday, and will become the country's next prime minister. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

It’s Boris’s Britain, for the moment

The new PM vows to bring peace to his party, ignite a national spirit and defeat Jeremy Corbyn after winning the party leadership.

Jacquelin Magnay

tory leadershipWorld

Conservative leadership candidate Boris Johnson leaves his campaign offices in Westminster in Central London on July 22, 2019 on the eve of the announcement of the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest. - Britain's leadership contest entered its finale Monday with the favourite Boris Johnson facing more defections from ministers over his Brexit plan. The month-long contest between former London mayor Johnson and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is being decided by fewer than 200,000 grassroots members of the governing Conservative Party. The winner will have three months to resolve a three-year Brexit crisis that could damage economies on both sides of the Channel and determine the fate of generations of Britons. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

Boris’ final charm offensive

Boris Johnson had secret meetings with rebel ministers amid concerns of a backbench “nightmare”.

Steven Swinford

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