Theresa May – Boris Johnson’s remarks ‘completely inappropriate’
This morning the BBC released an extract from an edition of Panorama which will mark the six month countdown until the official conclusion of the UK’s Brexit negotiations under Article 50. The programme, hosted by Nick Robinson, features an in depth interview with the Prime Minister about her proposals for the United Kingdom going forward. Theresa May used the opportunity to make clear her disapproval of her former Foreign Secretary’s remarks that her Chequers deal had ‘wrapped a suicide vest around the British constitution’ and explained why she felt her deal had the UK’s best interests at heart.
NR: Boris Johnson says this plan that you’ve agreed to on Ireland is a suicide belt around the British constitution.
TM: First of all, I have to say that that choice of language was completely inappropriate… I think using language like that was not right and it’s not language I would have used… I want to ensure that as we go forward we have that strong union, that Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom and it’s important that we deliver for [them]… They don’t want a hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
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