In a new attack, that comes with the start of the Conservative conference in Birmingham, the former Foreign Secretary has reminded voters of his Brexit support while he has questioned Theresa May’s commitment to leaving the EU and vowed to scrap the HS2 rail project. He also said that people have used his Burka comments as a means to attack him over Brexit and he stands by them.
Boris told Sky News:
I stand by what I wrote. I urge my friends and colleagues to look carefully at what I wrote. I think you’ll find invariably that there is an element of confected indignation about things that I’ve said that are wrenched out of context and in this particular context.
I think possibly just to throw this thought out there, what is going on is that people do feel a slight sense of uneasiness about the direction, more than a slight sense of uneasiness, real alarm about the direction of the Brexit negotiations, and they are conscious that I have a strong view about that and I think they are perhaps reacting to that as much as to anything else.”
He has also savaged Theresa May in today’s Sunday Times:
Unlike the Prime Minister I campaigned for Brexit. Unlike the Prime Minister I fought for this, I believe in it, I think it’s the right thing for our country and I think that what is happening now is, alas, not what people were promised in 2016.”
Mr Johnson quit the Cabinet over the summer in protest at the Prime Minister’s Chequers proposals, which include plans for EU and UK border staff to collect customs duties on behalf of each other.
But the ex-Foreign Secretary said that pitch to the EU was “entirely preposterous”.
The idea that we could ask customs officers in Dubrovnik and Santander to charge British-only tariffs is deranged, and nobody thinks it can work. There will be economic and political damage to the UK if we go with Chequers.
It surrenders control. I think we need to make the case for markets. I don’t think we should caper insincerely on socialist territory. You can’t beat Corbyn by becoming Corbyn.
We should be proud of being Conservatives, proud of what we stand for, believe in ourselves and believe in our ability to create the wealth to pay for fantastic mental healthcare services, a fantastic social care, a fantastic NHS.”
Boris has also taken this chance to destroy the plans for High Speed rail which he says is a significant waste of public cash and should be scrapped immediately.
Theresa May struck a defiant tone in response and has accused her critics of “playing politics” and set out a batch of new domestic policies.
She has promised to raise taxes on foreign property ownership and support a new festival to celebrate Britain, saying:
“There’s a long-term job to do.Because it’s not just about Brexit, it’s about the domestic agenda as well. I think we’re at a very important and historic moment for the UK. There are real opportunities for the UK outside the European Union.”
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