Johnson prepares after landslide win

BORIS Johnson is putting together his Cabinet and preparing for government after a landslide victory in the Tory leadership contest.

The new Conservative Party leader used his victory speech to promise he will “energise the country” and meet the October 31 Brexit deadline with a “new spirit of can-do”.

Mr Johnson secured more than two-thirds of the votes in the contest, comfortably defeating Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

In an apparent acknowledgement of his divisive style, Mr Johnson said: “I know that there will be people around the place who will question the wisdom of your decision.

“And there may even be some people here who still wonder quite what they have done.

“I would just point out to you of course nobody, no one party, no one person has a monopoly of wisdom.

“But if you look at the history of the last 200 years of this party’s existence you will see that it is we Conservatives who have had the best insights, I think, into human nature.”

Mr Johnson secured 92,153 votes – 66.4% – to defeat Mr Hunt, who was backed by 46,656 Tory members – 33.6%.

Meanwhile, Ivanka Trump has been mocked after congratulating Boris Johnson on becoming the next prime minister of the “United Kingston”.

The tweet from the US president’s daughter and close adviser was up for around half an hour before being deleted, giving Twitter users plenty of time to poke fun at the mistake.

The tweet closely follows an error by her father Donald Trump in which he described meeting the “Prince of Whales”.

One Twitter user posted: “No Whales, isn’t in England. It’s part of the United Kingston.”

Shortly after Ms Trump’s error, the phrase “United Kingston” was trending on Twitter in the UK.

Next prime minister and newly-elected leader of the Conservative Party Boris Johnson arrives at Tory party HQ.