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Boris Johnson's Borexit Makes Brexit Even More Chaotic
He leaves Theresa May with an opportunity -- but the risks keep rising.
Boris Johnson is in the wind.
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Boris Johnson will now have a lot more time for writing limericks and aggressive rugby.
The UK’s Foreign Secretary and Brexit poster boy quit Theresa May’s government on Monday. He and some other prominent Brexiteers in May’s cabinet couldn’t abide by her proposal for a “soft Brexit” from the European Union, which they decry as a Brexit in name only. The departures had some suggesting the end of May’s reign was nigh, with her popularity slipping, her government crumbling and an October deadline for settling on a Brexit plan fast approaching.