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BORIS GOES IN


FOR THE KILL


TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2018

By Jason Groves Political Editor

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Johnson quits...
and blames May for
‘Brexit dream dying’

He blasts: We
went into battle
waving white flag

Day of chaos
leaves PM facing
fight for survival
THERESA May was fighting for her political
life last night after Boris
Johnson accused her of killing Brexit.
as foreign secretary to declare He used his shock resignation
war on her Chequers plan for

leaving the EU. Warning that the UK was heading for colonial sta-
tus, he said the Brexit dream was ‘dying – suffocated by self-doubt’.
negotiators ‘into battle with the white He claimed Mrs May was sending
flags fluttering above them’ and sur-rendering control to Brussels. Follow-

ing a chaotic day of resignations and rumours, Downing Street is now
braced for a potential leadership chal-lenge. Sources insisted the Prime
Minister would stand and fight for the national interest while her allies
derided Mr Johnson, saying he offered no solutions on Brexit.
resign only after David Davis had quit In a reference to his decision to
as Brexit Secretary on Sunday night,

one said: ‘There’s not much honour in being second over the top.’
Jacob Rees-Mogg last night backed But, in a significant intervention,
Mr Johnson, saying he would make a ‘brilliant’ prime minister.
ing of the pro-Brexit European More than 80 MPs attended a meet-
Research Group, which Mr Rees-Mogg
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