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WATCH: Donald Trump labels Boris Johnson 'Britain Trump' who will 'get it done' as PM

Donald Trump has labelled Boris Johnson “Britain Trump” and claimed he will “get it done” as Prime Minister.

23/07/2019 - www.politicshome.com

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Trump claims Boris Johnson popular in UK because he's seen as 'Britain's Trump' - live news

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6.15pm BST

The Financial Times has reported this evening that Johnson has hired the Sky executive, Andrew Griffith, to be his chief business adviser in Downing Street. This comes after Griffith loaned Johnson his £9.5m Westminster townhouse from which to run his campaign.

Reacting to the news, the shadow minister for the Cabinet Office, Jon Trickett, has said:

Before he is even appointed prime minister, one of Boris Johnson’s first acts is to dish out a powerful job in No 10 to his super-rich pal who lent him his luxurious house in Westminster for the Tory leadership campaign.

The public would be forgiven for coming to the conclusion that Johnson’s friends can buy influence within the new administration.

6.06pm BST

The Democratic Unionist party MP, Sammy Wilson, has claimed the “problem along the [Irish] border is an illusionary one”, despite both UK government and EU officials having made clear they believe it to be very real indeed.

Asked how he felt Boris Johnson would sort the Irish border issue and whether people were needlessly worried, Wilson said:

I think that the Irish border is sorted anyhow, because the problem along the border is an illusionary one ... I think they are worried for no reason.

If you look at the Irish border at present, we have to collect taxes across the Irish border every day.

The mechanism for dealing with all of the things that need to be dealt with unobtrusively is already there.

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23/07/2019 - www.theguardian.com

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Boris Johnson becomes PM: Live blog

Former London mayor and foreign secretary replaces Theresa May in the top job.

23/07/2019 - www.politico.eu

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