Brexit Spat Defused With Johnson Attending May’s Florence Speech
- Foreign secretary dangled idea of resigning over her strategy
- Both are in New York at the annual United Nations gathering
U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May and her errant foreign secretary appeared to have papered over their differences over Brexit, with Boris Johnson planning to attend her keynote speech in Florence after challenging her plan for leaving the European Union.
Tensions had flared between the Conservative leader and her top diplomat to the point that earlier Tuesday it looked like May was on the brink of firing him for insubordination and Johnson kept dangling the possibility he could resign over her softening positions.