Dec 24, 2020 · At his press conference, Boris Johnson said the £668bn a year agreement would "protect jobs across this country" and "enable UK goods to be sold without tariffs, without quotas in the EU...

Jul 23, 2019 · Boris Johnson has said he is prepared to withhold the money the UK has agreed to pay the EU and use it as a negotiating tool to get a better deal.

Dec 31, 2020 · Boris Johnson has said the UK has "freedom in our hands" and must make the most of it as the country prepares to leave EU trading rules at 23:00 GMT.

Jan 1, 2021 · Boris Johnson said the UK had "freedom in our hands" and the ability to do things "differently and better" now the long Brexit process was over. But opponents of leaving the EU maintain the...

Jul 23, 2019 · Boris Johnson wants to ditch the Irish backstop - he's called it "a prison". He has said there are "abundant, abundant technical fixes" to avoid checks at the border.

Oct 8, 2024 · Boris Johnson's memoir Unleashed is out on October 10. It became clear he "really meant it when he said Brexit Britain must be punished", he says. It comes after Keir Starmer recently promised a "pragmatic, sensible" approach to the UK-EU relationship in order to "make Brexit work" during talks in Brussels.

Jan 19, 2025 · What was Boris Johnson's position on Brexit? Boris Johnson was a leading spokesman for the “Leave” campaign in the run-up to the June 23, 2016, national referendum on whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union .

Jul 7, 2022 · Scandal-ridden Boris Johnson announced on July 7 he would quit as British prime minister after he was abandoned by ministers and most of his Conservative lawmakers.

Feb 28, 2023 · Private conversations with more than a dozen U.K. and EU officials, politicians and diplomats reveal how the Brexit world changed completely after Johnson’s departure — and how an “unholy trinity” of little-known civil servants, ensconced in a gloomy basement in Brussels, would mastermind a seismic shift in Britain’s relationship with ...

Jan 31, 2020 · LONDON — Boris Johnson hailed the “dawn of a new era” as the U.K. leaves the European Union. In a video address to the nation broadcast an hour before the U.K.’s exit, the prime minister welcomed “a moment of real national renewal and change.”