EU leaders are pressing for a swift divorce following the Brexit vote, which sent shockwaves around the world. While Eurosceptic tabloids rejoiced, the Daily Mirror said the kingdom’s credibility was left “hanging by a thread” by making the “gaffe-prone” Johnson Britain’s top diplomat. Theresa May has rung the changes in appointing her first six ministers, including the surprise nomination of Boris Johnson as foreign secretaryBritain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, speaks to the media outside 10 Downing Street in London on 13 July. May, who had supported Britain’s continued EU membership, appointed leading “Leave” campaigner Johnson to a senior cabinet post while moving quickly to heal divisions sparked by the referendum. The Guardian warned: “A fresh face won’t make Brexit, the budget deficit or a tiny working majority disappear”.

Source: Mint July 14, 2016 04:07 UTC