Britain's Johnson to appoint his Brexit team
Boris Johnson will take office on Wednesday as British prime minister and will unveil the names of the team he has tasked with delivering Brexit by the end of October, with or without a deal.
Johnson enters Downing Street at one of the most perilous junctures in post-World War British history - the United Kingdom is divided over Brexit and weakened by a three-year political crisis since the Brexit referendum.
His pledge to energise the country and deliver Brexit - do or die - on Oct. 31, sets the United Kingdom up for a showdown with the EU and thrusts it towards a potential constitutional crisis, or election, at home.
"Like some slumbering giant we are going to rise and ping off the guy-ropes of self-doubt and negativity," Johnson, 55, said on Tuesday after he was elected by Conservative Party members.
