The bombast and optimism of his first speech fell away as the PM and UK felt the impact of coronavirus
A year on from Boris Johnson’s victory in the Conservative party leadership race, which ushered him into Downing Street, we look at the key moments of his time in office so far.The result of theof Tory members was announced to a packed Westminster conference centre on 23 July. Johnson beat Jeremy Hunt by a convincing 92,153 to 46,656. A parade of other rivals, including Matt Hancock and Andrea Leadsom, had been knocked out in earlier rounds of voting by MPs.
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