Sep 09, 10:23 PM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By James PHEBY 09/09/19 AT 10:00 PM Since coming to power in July, Boris Johnson has shed his image as a jovial, wisecracking mophead to reveal a ruthless streak that has marked him out since childhood.But his high-stakes Brexit approach of leaving the EU on October 31 come what may has led to a series of defeats in parliament that have left him totally humiliated.The man with a lifelong ambition to be prime minister -- or "world king" in the words of his sister Rachel Johnson -- could end up becoming Britain's shortest-serving leader.With a colourful and chequered career in politics and journalism, Johnson was already the country's most recognisable politician when he took power in the midst of Britain's deepest political crisis since World War II.Born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson in New York in 1964, he is the embodiment of privilege, having attended the … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson: Gaffe-prone Brexiteer with ruthless ambition
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Boris Johnson: no-deal Brexit deal is ‘touch and go’
0 Have your say The prospect of a Brexit deal is "touch and go" but failure to reach an accord would be the fault of the European Union, Boris Johnson has said. The prospect of a Brexit deal is "touch and go" but failure to reach an accord would be the fault of the European Union, Boris Johnson has said.The Prime Minister, who was using the G7 summit in Biarritz to hold talks with European Council president Donald Tusk, said he believed the chances of a deal were "improving" following a round of diplomacy which has also seen meetings with Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Emmanuel Macron.But he refused to repeat his previous assertion that the odds of a no-deal outcome were a million to one. "It all depends on our EU friends and partners, I think in the last few days there has been a dawning realisation in Brussels and other European capital what the shape of the problem is for the UK," he told the BBC."I think it's going to be touch and go but … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson: no-deal Brexit deal is ‘touch and go’
Donald Trump wades into Britain’s Brexit crisis
By Steve Holland and Guy Faulconbridge WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Britain on Monday on a state visit laden with diplomatic peril, having already humiliated outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May over Brexit and challenged her to be tougher in dealing with China’s Huawei. Trump and his wife, Melania, will be treated to a display of British royal pageantry during the June 3-5 visit: lunch with Queen Elizabeth, tea with heir Prince Charles, a banquet at Buckingham Palace and a tour of Westminster Abbey, coronation church of English monarchs for 1,000 years. Beyond the pomp, though, the proudly unpredictable 45th U.S. president also brings demands: He has praised a more radical Brexit-supporting potential successor to May and his envoys have urged a tougher British stance towards telecoms giant Huawei. In an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper, Trump said the next British leader should send arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage to conduct … [Read more...] about Donald Trump wades into Britain’s Brexit crisis
Boris Johnson hits back at David Lammy’s ‘conspiracy theory’ Nazi outburst
BORIS Johnson has blasted David Lammy for peddling "conspiracy theories" after he compared hard Brexiteers to Nazis in a bizarre rant. The ex-Foreign Secretary said his "peculiar outburst" was a side effect of the ongoing Brexit battle, and only leaving properly will heal Britain's divisions. Labour MP Mr Lammy sparked fury yesterday after he compared Leave-backing MPs as similar to the far-right in Germany. He referred to previous reports of Boris meeting Donald Trump's adviser Steve Bannon, and Jacob Rees-Mogg retweeting the far-right Alternative for Germany. Outraged Tories hit out at Mr Lammy claiming the MP has "lost it" with the outlandish comparison. Boris used his Telegraph column to hit back at the Tottenham MP today. He wrote: "Lammy and I worked together for years. "Why does this conspiracy theory carry credence on the internet? Because of Brexit and the whole gamut of misplaced associations that go with it." And he added of the row: "I have never seen such a ferocious grip … [Read more...] about Boris Johnson hits back at David Lammy’s ‘conspiracy theory’ Nazi outburst
We’re beset by media bias against Donald Trump and Brexit – Yorkshire Post letters
0 Have your say From: William Rees, Boroughbridge. IT was good to read the article by Bill Carmichael (The Yorkshire Post, March 29) pointing out the appalling media bias that has been aimed at Donald Trump since his inauguration, and the way in which the media has been exposed by the Mueller report’s verdict that Trump didn’t collude with the Russians in his election campaign.Bill Carmichael: Mueller exposes media’s embarrassing Trump derangement syndromeBut then on the same page you carried an article by Tony Rossiter, a former diplomat, that is guilty of exactly the sin that Mr Carmichael was writing about. – the only difference being that Mr Rossiter was writing about Brexit.As seems almost inevitable these days, Mr Rossiter brought Hitler into his article, apparently finding a ludicrous parallel between his 1934 German referendum and the Brexit referendum of 2016.And Mr Rossiter proceeded to describe as “extremists” those … [Read more...] about We’re beset by media bias against Donald Trump and Brexit – Yorkshire Post letters