Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to replace UK Prime Minister Theresa May, speaks about Hong Kong, Huawei, Iran and Brexit in an interview with Reuters via kyliemaclellan
READING, England - The following are key quotes from a Reuters interview with Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to replace Prime Minister Theresa May.
Boris Johnson, a leadership candidate for Britain's Conservative Party, gestures as he visits the Thames Valley Police Training Centre in Reading, Britain, July 3, 2019. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/Pool“I don’t think that parliament is going to want to stop Brexit. Don’t forget we are staring down the barrel now of political extinction, the Conservative Party, it is very difficult situation unless we get this thing over the line.
“Don’t forget that only a couple of weeks ago parliament actually opted not to vote for such a proposal. I think that MPs will look at their responsibilities in a spirit of maturity and restraint and consider our wider duty to the electorate who we asked to vote on EU membership and we agreed to respect that result.
When asked if he would move closer to the U.S. position on Iran: “I think what is certainly the case is that the JCPOA is looking increasingly frail and we do have to think of ways of constraining Iran’s disruptive behaviour in the region but I continue to believe that engaging with Iran and persuading Iran not to go forward with a nuclear weapons programme is the right way forward for our country and for the region.
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