Amber Rudd – Boris should not ‘back-seat drive’ over Brexit
The Home Secretary took to Andrew Marr’s sofa in the wake of the Friday’s failed terrorist attack on a London Underground train at Parson’s Green station. However, the topic swiftly turned from security to Boris Johnson’s latest 4,000 word essay published in the Telegraph on Saturday. The Foreign Secretary laid out his vision for Brexit – days before the Prime Minister is due to make a crucial speech in Florence. Rudd defended Boris’ intervention, but made clear that she did not want the Foreign Secretary to be in charge of the UK’s negotiations:
AM: Do you think that this article generally was a helpful intervention or an error of judgement?
AR: I have the great good fortune to work with Boris. I know what an irrepressible enthusiast he is about Brexit and what he’s done is set it out there. I think it’s absolutely fine.
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