Johnson launches UK leadership bid in campaign video
Former British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has launched his campaign to become the next prime minister by releasing a video in which he reiterates Britain under his leadership will certainly leave the European Union no matter if it could be a disorderly and costly withdrawal.
The video released on Monday on Twitter showed Johnson speaking to people on the streets and on doorsteps promising them that Brexit will happen at end of October with or without a deal.
“If I get in we’ll come out, deal or no deal, on October the 31st,” Johnson was seen in the video telling an old man while ensuring that he would vote Conservative again if Brexit is implemented.
Johnson resigned from his post as foreign minister last summer protesting against Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit strategy.
He was a main leader of the campaign to leave the EU before the June 2016 referendum and has consistently criticized the government for its way of handling the Brexit negotiations.
Johnson is currently the top chance among 13 lawmakers to win a leadership race in the Conservative Party and replace May who will officially resign on June 7.
The launch of his campaign came exactly on the day in which US President Donald Trump, one of his main supporters, arrived in the UK for a state visit.
Trump has described Johnson as someone who would make an excellent prime minister while he has also vowed to find time to meet the former mayor of London during his three-day visit to the UK.
In his video, Johnson also promised members of the public that he would cut down on taxes and would invest more in infrastructure and education.
He reiterated, however, that he would continue to stick to an old Conservative policy of supporting the rich.
“Now is the time to unite our society ... to build the infrastructure, to invest in education, to improve our environment ... to make sure that we support our wealth creators and the businesses that make that investment possible,” Johnson said.
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