London: Boris Johnson, who took over as Britain’s 77th Prime Minister on Wednesday, said he wants to “change the country for the better” and that the “work begins now”.
Johnson, who succeeds Theresa May, said the country would definitely leave the European Union on October 31.
Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson (C) is clapped into 10 Downing Street by staff in central London on July 24, 2019, on the day he was formally appointed British prime minister. – Boris Johnson took over as Britain’s new prime minister on Wednesday vowing to prove the “gloomsters” wrong and get a new deal to leave the European Union on October 31 — or exit without one. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP) Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a speech outside 10 Downing Street in London on July 24, 2019 on the day he was formally appointed British prime minister. – Boris Johnson took over as Britain’s new prime minister on Wednesday vowing to prove the “gloomsters” wrong and get a new deal to leave the European Union on October 31 — or exit without one. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) 
Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves outside 10 Downing Street in London on July 24, 2019 on the day he was formally appointed British prime minister. – Boris Johnson took over as Britain’s new prime minister on Wednesday vowing to prove the “gloomsters” wrong and get a new deal to leave the European Union on October 31 — or exit without one. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson is welcomed by staff as he enters no 10 Downing Street, in central London on July 24, 2019 on the day he was formally appointed British prime minister. – Boris Johnson took over as Britain’s new prime minister on Wednesday vowing to prove the “gloomsters” wrong and get a new deal to leave the European Union on October 31 — or exit without one. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau / POOL / AFP)
“No ifs, no buts… The buck stops with me,” he said, in his first speech as PM outside 10, Downing Street.
“The doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters” who say Brexit cannot be done are “wrong”, he added, reported the BBC.
Setting out his priorities, Johnson hit out at the “pessimists” who do not believe Brexit can be delivered.
In what is seen as an indirect attack at his predecessor, he called for an end to the “three years of unfounded self doubt” and “indecision”.
“The time has come to act, to take decisions and change this country for the better,” said Johnson, who was Foreign Secretary in May’s cabinet, before quitting last year.
“Let’s get going no… And yes, let’s start now on those free trade deals. All this and more we can do now and only now at this extraordinary moment in our history,” he added, reported CNN.