To say the UK’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, is a divisive and unpredictable figure would be a significant understatement. In his acceptance speech for leadership of the Conservative party Mr Johnson spoke of his desire to unify the country. But many in the UK – and plenty in his party – simply do not want him in Number 10, and predict a short premiership of unmitigated disaster that fails to resolve the schism that is Brexit.
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