Johnson: Whole world wants Brexit over and done with
By Bloomberg
03 October 2019 |
9:37 am
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the "whole world wants" the subject of Brexit over and done with. "We are coming out of the EU on Oct. 31 come what may," Johnson said at the Conservative Party's annual conference in Manchester.
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