UK’s Johnson sticks to Brexit script

Bloomberg

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was on his best behaviour on a trip to Prague following a weekend of news reports that suggested he was ill at ease with his boss’s Brexit policy.
Speaking in the Czech capital, he reiterated Prime Minister Theresa May’s promise that UK will continue to honour all existing European Union rules during the two-year transition period. At the weekend, the Telegraph said her top diplomat had demanded a series of assurances and wanted Britain to be able to sign trade deals during the transition period.
No equivocation came to light during a news conference with his Czech counterpart near the medieval Prague Castle. “The prime minister made very clear in Florence that during the transition the existing rules and regulations are to apply, so that’s pretty clear,” Johnson said.
Reacting to the Czech minister’s concern that two years may not be long enough for the negotiations to conclude, he said “I think we can do it comfortably in two years.”