Luxembourg

Brexit rift widens as Johnson talks of life after government

May will renew her efforts to show who is in charge again on Thursday, with a special cabinet meeting on the eve of her long-awaited Brexit speech in Florence, Italy.

19.09.2017

(Bloomberg) UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s attempt to silence Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in the Brexit debate backfired as he gave an interview in which he openly discussed leaving office.

May will renew her efforts to show who is in charge again on Thursday, with a special cabinet meeting on the eve of her long-awaited Brexit speech in Florence, Italy. On Monday she told reporters on a trip to North America that Johnson’s 4,000-word essay on his Brexit vision wasn’t authorised and that she is in control of a government with an agreed policy.