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Media captionFarage: Trump is a ‘fan of Boris Johnson’“It delivers exactly what we wanted, what I wanted, what I campaigned in 2016 to come out the European Union, “Mr Johnson said.
When asked about the criticism from Mr Trump, Mr Johnson said:” I am always grateful for advice from wherever it comes and we have great relations as you know with the US and many many other countries.
“But on the technicalities of the deal anybody who looks at it can see that the UK has full control. “
The prime minister is never short of a word or two, never short of a colorful phrase or a metaphor.
When we sat down this afternoon there wasno suggestion of him being the Hulk, but Remain-tending MPs were accused of “rope-a-doping” the government, planning eventually to batter the prime minister and his Brexit deal into submission until he would have had to give up.
But in Downing Street there is a serious awareness that trademark Johnson verbal gymnastics are no guarantee of success at the ballot box in six weeks’ time, no guarantee at all .
That’s not just because there are even friends, like Donald Trump, and of course foes, like Jeremy Corbyn, whose words and actions will hamper his attempt to secure a majority to call his own.
But also because this is a snap election, not a routine poll, and the public is hardly in a forgiving mood of our politicians right now.
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Mr Johnson said he hoped the government could get Brexit “over the line” by the middle of January if he wins a majority, claiming that the current **** would never have passed his Brexit deal.
“Their strategy was to keep rope-a-dopeing the government” to push the date back and back, he said, before adding: “It would have been totally miserable”.
He said he was left with “no choice” but to call a general election, saying: “Nobody wants an election but we’ve got to do it now.
“This is a Parliament that is basically full of MPs who voted Remain.
“They voted Remain and they will continue to block Brexit if they’re given the chance – we need a new mandate, we need to refresh our Parliament.”
Mr Johnson also said there was no question that the NHS would be part of any future trade negotiation, but he did not rule out expanding the amount of private provision in the health service in the future.
“Of course there are dentists and optometrists and so on who are providers to the NHS, of course, that’s how it works,” he said.
“But … I believe passionately in an NHS free at the point of use for everybody in this country.”
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