labourpress:

Emily Thornberry MP, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, commenting on Boris Johnson’s speech to the Lord Mayor’s Banquet at Mansion House, said:

“It seems Boris Johnson has finally been allowed out of hiding, on the condition he only talks delusional nonsense.

“He talks about creating a ‘Global Britain’, yet the Tories have overseen the greatest diminution of British influence on the world stage in a generation.

“He talks up a fantastical vision of Britain as a global trading nation, yet he and Theresa May are putting at risk our trade with the EU – by far our largest trade partner – by threatening an extreme Brexit where we crash out on WTO terms.

“With his crass and offensive remarks Boris Johnson has single-handedly damaged Britain’s chances of getting a good deal with the EU.

“And after his broken promise of £350m a week for the NHS, why should anyone believe a word he says.”

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