UK newspapers come to terms with Boris Johnson as new foreign secretary
Britain was rocked on Wednesday by the shocking appointment of former London mayor and prominent Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson to the role of foreign secretary.
The move -- made by new Prime Minister Theresa May in a cabinet reshuffle that also saw George Osborne replaced by Philip Hammond as Chancellor -- was met with disbelief and jokes aplenty on Twitter.
With his history of making offensive comments about other countries, cultures and political leaders, he seemed an odd choice for the position.
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The news dominated many of the UK's papers as they rolled off the presses overnight, with publishers expressing various degrees of disbelief.
Scottish daily The National went with a particularly odd image of Theresa May as Cruella de Vil with the headline "The de vil is in the detail."
A subhead on the page read "Boris Johnson is new Foreign Secretary!!!!!!!!!!" -- ten exclamation marks pressing the point home above a photo of Johnson mocked up as The Joker from Batman.
The Daily Mail, on the other hand, seemed pleased with the result, running with the headline "Boris bounces back!"
The Mirror, meanwhile, took the opportunity to apologize to the whole world for the appointment.
In The Telegraph, cartoonist Matt joked about the ups and downs of Johnson's career. The new foreign secretary was considered a frontrunner for prime minister only a few weeks ago.
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Tim Chester was Senior Editor, Real Time News in Los Angeles. Before that he was Deputy Editor of Mashable UK in London. Prior to joining Mashable, Tim was a Senior Web Editor at Penguin Random House, helping to relaunch the Rough Guides website and other travel brands. He was also a writer for Buzzfeed, GQ and The Sunday Times, covering everything from culture to tech and current affairs. Before that, he was Deputy Editor at NME.COM, overseeing content and development on the London-based music and entertainment site. Tim loves music and travel and has combined these two passions at festivals from Iceland to Malawi and beyond.
