July 19, 2018 8:38 AM

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UK Foreign Secy asks fellow lawmakers not to abandon Brexit

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Former UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has asked fellow lawmakers not to abandon Brexit, urging them to remember the initial enthusiasm surrounding a complete break from the European Union. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">In remarks to the House of Commons, Johnson criticised Prime Minister Theresa May's plans for exiting the EU, describing it as a clean departure in name only. He </span>said,<span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Britons should be great independent actors on the world stage, not rule takers. Johson </span>said,<span style="font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> it is not too late to save Brexit.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Ms May's government published a white paper last week with long-awaited proposals for Britain's relations with the EU after it leaves the bloc next year. The document proposes keeping Britain and the EU in a free market for goods, with a more distant relationship for services.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;"><br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">The plan has infuriated Brexit supporters, who think sticking close to the bloc would limit Britain's ability to strike new trade deals around the world.<br />''<br />''</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; color: #222222; line-height: 22px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 28px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;">Johnson and Brexit Secretary David Davis both quit the government in protest and Ms May has been struggling to quell rebellions within her own ranks ever since.</span></p>

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