Posted on 12/13/2019 6:27:23 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Prime Minister Boris Johnson won a huge majority in Thursday's UK general election after voters backed his pledge to "get Brexit done" and take Britain out of the European Union by the end of January.
So what can we expect to happen over the coming days? Here's a guide to the big political events to look out for.
* Friday, December 13: Johnson's victory speech
Johnson's first job will be to make a speech outside Downing Street on Friday morning.
These can be big moments for an incoming prime minister. Tony Blair's comments upon winning a landslide majority in 1997, that "A new dawn is breaking, is it not?" was the sort of defining moment which Johnson will seek to replicate.
* Monday, December 16: The Cabinet reshuffle
Johnson's first big task will be to appoint a new Cabinet. Liberated by a large majority, the prime minister will be free to shape his top team exactly as he pleases without fear of upsetting one faction or another.
A dramatic overhaul isn't likely immediately, however. His first priority will be to replace Nicky Morgan, the outgoing culture secretary. He will also need to appoint a new environment minister after Zac Goldsmith became one of the few Conservative members of Parliament to lose his seat.
A bigger Cabinet reshuffle will most likely come in January. The Department for Exiting the European Union is reportedly set to be folded into the trade department, while the Department for International Development could be folded into the Foreign Office.
* Tuesday, December 17: MPs summoned to Parliament
The House of Commons will officially return on December 17. The first order of business will be swearing in Lindsay Hoyle as speaker; he is taking over the role from John Bercow.
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What happens now? Well, if the last three years are any indication, SJW remoaners will protest and whine and complain, and they, the opposition politicians, and the courts will do everything in their power to try and continue to thwart him, and “resist” at every step.
Only difference is that up until now, the Tories haven’t had a powerful enough mandate to overcome all the resistance. Hopefully the power they gained last night is finally enough.
At what point does he visit Queen Elizabeth II?
Before or after forming his cabinet?
I don't understand the British system, but I'm hoping that some time this century they will be allowed to actually make Brexit happen.
The other thing about this is the whole scale blood letting of old parliamentarians is going to make the next parliament a lot more anti establishment.
Going to be interesting to see how the new blood changes Parliament. Listening to Sky News talking to the old Speaker, you realize Boris has been fighting parts of his own party as well as the Left for the last year.
It was sort of a Trump-Paul Ryan situation. The old Speaker was pretty much working against Brexit.
Hip hip hooray! for Boris... A victory for freedom and democracy and a very damaging defeat for antisemitic values of Socialism. The Democrats in the United States should be very worried... This is the first death-knell in what will hopefully be a tidal-wave towards democracy and away from the oppressive policies of Socialism.
Sadly... American Democrats have swung too far to the left, and this impeachment for the sake of impeachment of a duly elected leader will be their death-knell.
Scotland could be a problem. They want out.
Heard Jan 31, 2020 is the date they want it done.
They never wanted in!
Let Scotland leave.
Unfortunately that deal keeps the UK subject to EU regulations associated with labour, eco, etc. Boris wanted a clean break but was forced to have a deal in place by the last parliament.
As indicated in the agreement, the regs are in place so as not to give the UK too much of a competitive advantage.
So they’ll be out, but in.
No, the SNP wants to leave so that they can join the EU.
RE: So they’ll be out, but in.
What the heck does that mean?
The EU and Scotland richly deserve each other.
That so-called soft Brexit is going to make doing a trade deal with the US a lot harder, though....
He's already seen her. They do things very fast over there. If the government had been changing parties the old Prime Minister would be out of 10 Downing Street today. Something we should think about.
I thought he had, to ask the Queen permission to form the government, which she granted.
My wife is British, so we were watching BBC news before going to work this morning. He was already at the palace at 6am ET asking to form a government.
>>No, the SNP wants to leave so that they can join the EU.
Well, first they’ll need to pay the UK trillions of pounds for the “priviledge” of leaving, agree to give up all their territorial waters, agree to let Britain make all their laws for the next hundred years, take in all the mozzies from the UK.. and so on. Basically, Britain should treat Scotland the way the EU treated Britain.
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