Theresa May’s Brexit plans would result in the UK being ‘paraded in manacles’
The former minister stops just short of an outright leadership bid but says blueprint for Brexit must be scrapped
Birmingham — Former British foreign minister Boris Johnson set out his stall to the Conservative Party faithful on Tuesday, stopping just short of an outright leadership bid to replace Prime Minister Theresa May but tearing into her blueprint for Brexit. To standing ovations, cheers and laughter, Johnson, May’s most powerful critic in her governing party, said her so-called Chequers plan to leave the EU was a “cheat” and called on the party to return to its traditional values, including tax cuts and stricter law and order. He also urged increased spending on the public health service. With just six months before Britain leaves the EU, May’s precarious position at the helm of her party has been further shaken by criticism of her plans at home and in Brussels. Johnson, the figurehead for the campaign to leave the EU, warned party members that if they stuck by Chequers, named after May’s country residence where she hashed out an agreement with her ministers, they could be signing up to...
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