What challenges await Johnson as Britain's prime minister?

This paves the way for him to be invited by the Queen Wednesday to become the country's new prime minister.

The ambitious former journalist and former mayor of London had waited all his political life to take over the best post, but for him there will be no honeymoon and his position is now on the edge of the knife.

If he does things wrong, he can break Lord Rockingham's record in 1782, which lasted only 96 days on Downing Street, becoming Britain's most short-lived prime minister.

The rebels in his party, led by outgoing Treasury Secretary Philip Hammond, have made it clear that if he tries to get Britain out of the European Union without an agreement with Brussels, they will vote with opposition parties to bring down the government. This would trigger early elections that conservatives would unlikely win.

With Mr Johnson's promise to extract Britain “by grace or error” from the EU on October 31st, things can be complicated. Alan Duncan left as a minister to launch an attempt to force the new head of equipment to face a vote of confidence in the House of Commons even before being invited by the queen to enter Downing Street as prime minister.

The Speaker of the Chamber blocked Mr. Duncan's efforts.

Just a small part of the pro--conservative lawmakers. The EU could be a concern for Mr. Boris Johnson. About 12 ministers are expected to leave the cabinet before he becomes prime minister.

The conservatives are ruling as minority governments and are dependent on a Nazi party, Northern Ireland Unionists, which give them the majority of only two more seats in the House of Commons. This could be reduced to only one more country if a conservative lawmaker is found guilty of sexual acts in an expected trial.

Boris Johnson faces the same parliamentary dilemma that brought down his predecessor's leadership, Thereza May, a stalled parliament.

Mrs. May himself warned recently that her successor would face the same difficult parliamentary arithmetic. But some say he will face even more severe math.

Mr. Johnson said it was a <x0nder and extraordinary privilege” to be elected leader, and he promised it would “modernise the country”.

The campaign is over and the work starts,” he said. Throughout his campaign, he attacked “Pessimists” who lowered Britain and targeted what he called a sense of defeat. / VoA