Hard-core Brexiteer Boris Johnson, the British Foreign Secretary, has raised the spectre of £350 million per week again and committee. that it will be paid to NHS, as promised in the referendum campaign. He has done this without getting the okay from the Prime Minister Theresa May nor the Chancellor of Exchequers Philip Hammond. He has unilaterally broken rank in his bid to challenge the weakened leadership of Theresa May. By doing so he has put his foot in his mouth and is hurtling towards the Brexit cliff. Yet he has not been sacked. His timing is perfect, it is just before the Tory conference is to take place. This clearly shows there is a divide in the Tory party. By giving this statement he has acted in very crafty way. If his move fails, it may come to haunt him for a long time.
Bloomberg says: British business leaders urged Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a three-year transitional period after Brexit, warning failure to secure more time would jeopardize “our collective prosperity.” “Our businesses need to make decisions now about investment and employment that will affect economic growth and jobs in the future,” according to the letter. “Continuing uncertainty will adversely affect communities, employees, firms and our nations in the future.”
Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Conservative leader and a long-standing critic of Johnson, made clear her disapproval of the timing of his article, the day after the Parsons Green bomb in London. “On the day of a terror attack where Britons were maimed, just hours after the threat level is raised, our only thoughts should be on service,” she tweeted. It will be interesting to see if the Boris's gamble will pay or will it back-fire. Let us wait and watch.
Baldev Sharma
Rayners Lane, Harrow.
