Former London Mayor and UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who won the Conservative Party leadership contest, assumed the role of prime minister earlier on 24 July, APA reports citing Sputnik International.
Londoners have taken to the streets to protest against the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Johnson, who defeated UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in the race to succeed Theresa May as PM, is known as a Brexit supporter and has already promised to withdraw the UK from the European Union by 31 October with or without a deal.