Brexit: Mr Johnson and Leader

brexit: Mr Johnson is one of 11 lawmakers vying to run the world's fifth-largest economy after Mrs May resigned as leader of the governing Conservatives on Friday local time having failed to unite parliament or the country behind her Brexit plan, according to Nine News Australia. Britain is mired in its deepest political crisis in decades over how, when and whether it should leave the EU a decision that will fall to Mrs May's successor and affect both its future role on the world stage and prosperity for generations to come. To improve your experience update it here News World Chief Brexiteer Boris Johnson baulks at 71 billion European Union exit cost By AAP5 58am Jun 10, Johnson, the favourite to succeed Theresa May as Britain's prime minister, says he will withhold payment of the country's EU exit bill to try and get a better deal a move that drew an immediate rebuke from France. Leading Brexiteer Boris Johnson says he will withhold an already agreed 71 billion Brexit payment until the EU gives the UK better withdrawal terms. I think our friends and partners need to understand that the money is going to be retained until such time as we have greater clarity about the way forward, Mr Johnson told the Sunday Times. AP As the contest to replace Mrs May gathered pace Sunday, Mr Johnson made his first major intervention, targeting the large pro-Brexit wing of his Conservative Party with a promise to take a hard line with Brussels over the terms of Britain's exit. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.