Britain's Boris Johnson accused of Brexit 'backseat driving'

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

#WORLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 17, 2017 / 5:05 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

Britain's Boris Johnson accused of Brexit 'backseat driving'

Paul Sandle
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s foreign minister Boris Johnson was accused by cabinet colleagues on Sunday of “backseat driving” on Brexit after setting out his own vision of the country’s future outside the European Union.

Only days before Prime Minister Theresa May is due to speak in Italy about Britain’s planned EU departure, Johnson on Saturday published a 4,300-word newspaper article that roamed well beyond his ministerial brief and, in some cases, the approach set out by the government.

Interior minister Amber Rudd said it was “absolutely fine” for the foreign secretary to intervene publicly but that she did not want him managing the Brexit process.

“What we’ve got is Theresa May managing that process, she’s driving the car,” Rudd told the BBC’s Andrew Marr on Sunday.

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[Warpy]

1. Saw him on Barbuda over at BBC

People were telling him there was no food or water on the island and he was telling them smugly how there was plenty being brough in, nothing to worry about, not quite what they needed to hear. Telling them where it was being distributed would have been more useful, Boris.

He really is a bit of a dope and he thinks he knows it all.

[monmouth4]

2. I wonder if he and the don are related.They have so much in common..n/t