New Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s approach looks set to put the U.K. on a collision course with the European Union
LONDON—British Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out a hard-line negotiating stance with the European Union, setting the stage for fraught Brexit talks before the U.K.’s scheduled departure from the bloc on Oct. 31.
In a combative first speech to Parliament, Mr. Johnson reiterated Thursday that the plan in place to avoid a border on the island of Ireland after Brexit—one of the central planks of the divorce deal—was “unacceptable” and would have to be abolished.Boris Johnson’s blunders have prompted critics to question his ability to lead the country through Brexit.
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