Protesters lit up Buckingham Palace Led By Donkeys

A protest against Boris Johnson has been projected onto the Queen's residence at Buckingham Palace.

The protest was set up by the anti-Brexit group Led By Donkeys.

Johnson will officially become prime minister later on Wednesday after meeting with the Queen.

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LONDON — Protesters have projected a message onto the Queen's Buckingham Palace residence accusing her incoming prime minister Boris Johnson of being a "liar".

The protest, set up by the crowd-funded anti-Brexit group Led By Donkeys, appears to have taken place in the early hours of Wednesday morning, ahead of Johnson officially becoming Britain's new prime minister.

—Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) July 24, 2019

Johnson has been accused of lying on multiple occasions throughout his career as a journalist and a politician. He was sacked as a junior reporter after fabricating a quotation in one of his stories.

In 2004, he was sacked a shadow arts minister under Michael Howard after lying about an affair with Petronella Wyatt, a columnist at the Spectator magazine, of which Johnson was the editor.

The incoming prime minister was also an enthusiastic cheerleader during Brexit referendum campaign of the claim that the UK sends the EU £350 million a week, which was called a "clear misuse of official statistics" by Sir David Norgrove, who oversees ministers' use of figures.

Theresa May will on Wednesday visit the palace to officially stand down as prime minister before Johnson will arrive to request permission from the Queen to form a new government.

He is expected to make a brief speech upon arriving at Downing Street, before beginning the process of forming his new cabinet.

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