Boris Johnson Defends Brexit Plan, ‘Row’ Silence

London: Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has admitted that he would need the European Union’s (EU) co-operation to avoid a hard Irish border or crippling tariffs on trade in the event of no deal. In an exclusive interview with the BBC on Monday, the favourite to be next Prime Minister said: “It’s not just up to us.” But he said he did “not believe for a moment” that the UK would leave without a deal, although he was willing to do so. He insisted that it was possible to broker a new deal with the EU before the end of October because the political landscape had changed in the UK and on the continent.

After outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May failed to get her Brexit deal through Parliament earlier this year, the date of the UK’s departure for the EU was moved to October 31. “I think actually that politics has changed so much since March 29,” he said, referring to the original Brexit deadline. Asked about a row he had with his partner, he told the BBC that it was “simply unfair” to involve “loved ones” in the debate. (IANS)

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