BREXIT PLAN
Boris Johnson lambasted for comparing May to a suicide bomber
The British leader’s so-called Chequers plan is ‘a suicide vest around the British constitution’, says the fiery former foreign secretary
London — Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal wraps "a suicide vest around the British constitution" and hands the detonator to the EU, former foreign minister Boris Johnson said in comments that drew strong criticism. In an article in the Mail on Sunday newspaper, Johnson pressed his attack on May’s so-called Chequers plan to leave the EU, calling it "a humiliation" that opens "ourselves to perpetual political blackmail". May is under fire from all sides of the divisive Brexit debate, with Johnson leading a push by eurosceptic legislators for the government to "chuck Chequers" and pursue a clean break with the bloc.
But so far, May has signalled she will not drop her blueprint for Britain’s future ties with the bloc after Brexit. "We have wrapped a suicide vest around the British constitution and handed the detonator to [EU chief negotiator] Michel Barnier," Johnson wrote. His words drew condemnation from fellow members of the governing Conservative Party. Alan Duncan, a ...
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