Entradas

Mostrando entradas de septiembre 20, 2017

Living on Boris Time

Imagen
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson walked away from the brink of resigning , clearing the path for Prime Minister Theresa May to engage with the European Union on Brexit. Johnson will attend May’s speech in Florence on Friday and told the Guardian he is “mystified” by media reports he was close to quitting over her strategy towards the EU. “Not me, guv,” he said. “I don’t know where it’s coming from, honestly.” Peace was brokered on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, which both May and Johnson are attending. One aide to May rejected the suggestion that she had made concessions to Johnson to win his support. Now the focus turns to Florence. The EU is eager to discover more about where May stands on payments into the EU budget and how long she wants a transitional period to last. She will be hoping to do enough to unblock negotiations set to restart next week and increase the chances they will soon turn to a long-term trade deal. The Financi