Boris Johnson has officially become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, launching his time with fireworks as Remainers were purged from his top team.
The Tory leader kicked off a full-blown Cabinet reshuffle today after the Queen formally summoned him to form a government.
In a perfect metaphor for the political storm to come, Greenpeace protesters joined hands on The Mall in a bombshell bid to block his journey to Buckingham Palace.
The 55-year-old was loudly booed as he gave a fast-paced fizzing speech on the steps of No10 watched by staff, acolytes and his 31-year-old girlfriend Carrie Symonds - who stood beside to watch after weeks of avoiding the cameras.
Mr Johnson claimed No Deal Brexit would not be a "disaster" and said he was "convinced" a Brexit deal can be done - claiming "the doubters and doomsters are going to get it wrong again".
"The British people have had enough of waiting. The time has come to act," he said. "Never mind the backstop - the buck stops here."
Pledging to leave the EU on October 31 deal or no deal, he said: "The people who bet against Britain are going to lose their shirts because we are going to restore trust in our democracy."
He pledged to unveil a plan for social care to "fix the crisis of social care once and for all", "start recruiting forthwith” for 20,000 police, and "start work this week with 20 new hospital upgrades" - pushing NHS cash to the front line.
He also thanked EU nationals for their "contribution" and "patience" - guaranteeing their right to stay in the UK. He added: "After three years of unfounded self-doubt it is time to change the record."
But as Mr Johnson puffed his way through his speech there was already a storm brewing over his shake-up of his Cabinet - and push towards No Deal Brexit.
There was fury as he invited hard Brexiteer MP Priti Patel - sacked over off-the-books meetings in Israel - and former Vote Leave chief Dominic Cummings - th back into the fold as he ramps up his threat of a No Deal Brexit .
And Cabinet Remainers David Gauke, Rory Stewart , deputy PM David Lidington and Chancellor Philip Hammond all promptly resigned to fight a disastrous No Deal.
Mr Johnson met the Queen shortly after Theresa May visited Buckingham Palace and gave her resignation - with a coded warning to her successor.
The outgoing Prime Minister, who left with husband Philip by her side, told MPs at her final PMQs that politics is not about "eloquent speeches and media headlines” - it's about real people.
But in a perfect metaphor for her leadership, she was forced to break off her speech
In a statement, Buckingham Palace said: "The Right Honourable Theresa May MP had an Audience of The Queen this afternoon and tendered her resignation as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury, which Her Majesty was graciously pleased to accept.''
Despite the Old Etonian beat rival Jeremy Hunt by 92,154 votes to 46,656 in the Tory leadership election yesterday.
Tonight he will summon remaining Cabinet ministers to his lavish new Commons office to discover whether they have been promoted or sacked.
New ministers are expected to be announced from 7pm.
His election after weeks of vicious blue-on-blue conflict sparks a mad scramble to fulfil his "do or die" promise to leave the EU on October 31.
Critics say - including the Irish backstop - is impossible to achieve before Halloween .
So as well as entering talks with the EU, he is planning to ramp up No Deal planning within days of taking power.
Tory MPs including resigning Cabinet ministers are set to form an 'awkward squad' to block the new Prime Minister ramming through No Deal against the will of Parliament.
Tory MP Charles Walker begged members: "Can we be kinder to the next prime minister than we’ve been to the current prime minister?"
But anti-No-Deal David Lidington, who quit as deputy PM, said: "I'm now relishing the prospect of speaking & campaigning freely."
When he won yesterday Mr Johnson admitted: "I know that there will be people around the place who will question the wisdom of your decision."
But he said it was now time to "deliver Brexit, unite the country and defeat Jeremy Corbyn ”.
He admitted "deliver, unite, defeat" spelt the word "dud" before adding: "They forgot the final E my friends.
“I say to the doubters, dude! We are going to energise the country! We are going to get Brexit done."
Mr Johnson was crowned at a grand ceremony in Westminster watched by dad Stanley and his siblings Rachel, a journalist, and Jo, a government minister.
But there was no sign of new girlfriend Carrie Symonds, who is tipped to slink into No10 through a side door at a later date.
His personal life now faces an intense spotlight - with journalists not even knowing how many children he has - after the pair were caught having a massive row at the 31-year-old's south London home.
