U.K.’s Morgan on Boris Johnson, Brexit Transition
By Bloomberg
03 October 2017 |
3:00 pm
Nicky Morgan, U.K. conservative party member of parliament for Loughborough, discusses U.K. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Boris Johnson and the Brexit transition plan of Prime Minister Theresa May.
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