He also joked that some British politicians want Brexit to be an eternal torture
Johnson has told the European Union there is no point in new talks on a withdrawal agreement unless negotiators are willing to drop the Northern Irish backstop agreed by his predecessor Theresa May
This story is based on conversations with parliamentarians, advisers and ministers and shows how Johnson convinced his skeptical colleagues to put their faith in him
Johnson got 143 out of 313 votes, with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in second place with 54 votes and environment minister Michael Gove third with 51. Sajid Javid was fourth with 38 votes
Their main concern is that some of the current frontrunners to head May's Conservative Party say they will get Brexit done at any cost