Is Boris Johnson a man of detail? The Tory leadership frontrunner certainly gave the impression of being one when he revealed his Brexit plan to Andrew Neil. Unfortunately, it wasn’t long before he became somewhat unstuck.
Boris claimed that in the event of a no-deal Brexit it ‘might be possible…that both sides agree to a standstill’ in order to prevent tariffs being imposed. He pointed to paragraph 5B of GATT to make his point. But did he know what was in the following paragraph?
"Do you know what's in paragraph 5c?"
"No" @AfNeil challenges Boris Johnson on the detail of how the UK would trade with the EU after #Brexit
In close to 30 years in political broadcasting, I’ve never had the faintest idea of what was coming around the corner. I might have guessed whatever it was would probably be bad, but that’s about it. Apart from once, in Brighton, at the Labour party conference in 2005. Tony Blair, still then master of all
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