The former Foreign Secretary is the frontrunner to be the country’s next Prime Minister after coming out on top yet again in the third round of voting in the Tory leadership race. Mr Johnson secured 143 votes from Tory MPs in a ballot that saw Rory Stewart kicked out of the race, after getting just 27 votes. Michael Gove and Jeremy Hunt are neck and neck for second place, and Sajid Javid made it through the round by the skin of his teeth.
Mr Johnson has declared he would take the UK out of the EU by October 31, deal or not, if he becomes the next Prime Minister.
However, for a man who has been firmly Eurosceptic since he was Brussels correspondent for the Telegraph 1989-1994, he has had some very good things to say about Europe – the continent.
When asked what he “has against Europe” by Germany’s Der Spiegel in 2015, Mr Johnson said it was a shame what the EU was choosing to focus on.
He implied that it is possible to be psychologically outward-looking and part of Europe, whilst outside the bureaucratic institution of the EU.
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