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Activists Protest Against Newly Elected UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London

Former London Mayor and UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who won the Conservative Party leadership contest, assumed the role of prime minister earlier on 24 July.
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Londoners have taken to the streets to protest against the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The rally in central London was attended by supporters of the opposition Labour party, environmental activists and anti-Brexit protesters from all walks of life.

A crowd of mostly young people was seen holding up placards that read "Not My Government, Not My Prime Minister", "No to Islamophobia, No to War" and "Tories Kill!"

A source in the capital’s Metropolitan Police told Sputnik over the phone that they had no information on arrests or violations of public order. Dozens of police officers were sent to uphold the law at the protest venue.

Johnson, who defeated UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in the race to succeed Theresa May as PM, is known as a Brexit supporter and has already promised to withdraw the UK from the European Union by 31 October with or without a deal.

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