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British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson threw himself back into the Brexit debate with a 4,000-word newspaper article just days before Prime Minister Theresa May is set to refresh her own strategy for the split.
Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the figurehead of last year’s campaign to leave the European Union outlined what he called a “glorious†vision for the UK outside of the bloc, opening himself up to criticism he is undermining May’s plan and possibly reviving his own leadership ambitions.
The UK should not pay to access Europe’s single market for goods and services after Brexit, Johnson argued, countering an idea suggested as possible by Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and Brexit Secretary David Davis. He also revived the much-criticised notion that by leaving Britain will free up as much as $476 million a week to spend on healthcare.
Seeking to paint Brexit as positive for the UK economy as it shows signs of weakening, Johnson said quitting the
EU would allow the government to strike new trade deals, revamp the tax system, reboot infrastructure projects, advance science and improve access to housing.
“This country will succeed in our new national enterprise, and will succeed mightily,’’ he said, dismissing any suggestion that Brexit will be reversed.