Boris Johnson’s rather bold move on the customs partnership hasn’t yet landed him in trouble, even though it has enraged some of his pro-Remain colleagues. At the Number 10 lobby briefing today, the Prime Minister’s spokesman avoided giving the Foreign Secretary a slap down when asked whether Theresa May was happy that he had told the Mail that the customs partnership plan was ‘crazy’. Instead, the spokesman used the sort of formula of words that declines to offer any sort of comment on anything at all:
‘There are two customs models that were first put forward by the government last August, and most recently they were outlined in the Prime Minister’s Mansion House speech, which the entire cabinet was signed up to. Following last week’s cabinet serb-committee meeting, it was agreed that there are unresolved issues in relation to both models and that further work is needed.’
Boris has been long known to be deeply concerned about the direction in which Theresa May is heading on Brexit.
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