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by
Con Coughlin • July 27, 2019 at 5:00 am
- Mr
Johnson's determination to help Britain reclaim its status as
a leading world power after the drift of the May years is reflected
in the stature of his appointments, especially regarding
Britain's engagement with the outside world.
- In
one of Mrs May's last acts as prime minister, Britain declined
an offer of American military support to protect British
shipping in the Gulf, resulting in Iran's Revolutionary Guard
hijacking a British-registered oil tanker in the Strait of
Hormuz and holding it captive in the Iranian port of Bandar
Abbas.
- Thus,
with politicians of this calibre occupying key positions in
the new British government, Mr Johnson now has a golden
opportunity to revive Britain's standing on the world stage,
one where the close relationship between Washington and London
will be one of the pillars of Britain's dynamic new approach.
The
appointment of Boris Johnson as Britain's new prime minister offers
the serious prospect of a radical improvement in the bilateral ties
between Washington and London. Pictured: Johnson enters Number 10
Downing Street on July 24, 2019, his first day in office as prime
minister. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
The appointment of Boris Johnson as Britain's new
prime minister offers the serious prospect of a radical improvement
in the bilateral ties between Washington and London following the froideur
[chill] that came to define the transatlantic relationship under
the outgoing prime minister, Theresa May.
While, in public, Mrs May offered loyal pledges of
support to Donald Trump, and professed to enjoy a warm personal
relationship with the American president, the reality was that the
personal chemistry between the two leaders was often awkward, with
Mrs May often failing to grasp Mr Trump's radical approach to
global affairs.
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