Mr Johnson takes charge of Brexit at a fractious time for his
party and the country, with the Conservative Party's working
majority in the House of Commons (with the support from the
Democratic Unionist Party) now just two and a number of pre-emptive
ministerial resignations before he took office setting a defiant
tone among rebellious MPs within the party itself.
Despite this, Mr Johnson looks set to avoid an immediate
challenge to his authority in Parliament and to be given a chance
to pursue his Brexit strategy. However, beyond his objective to
achieve Brexit on 31 October 2019 "do or die", there has
been much speculation during the Conservative leadership campaign
about what that strategy would be once he took office.
