Johnson the Brexit 'Hulk' finally meets EU's Juncker

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Boris Johnson will enjoy a genteel working lunch with Jean-Claude Juncker, EU Commission president.

BORIS JOHNSON. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures as he delivers his speech at the Convention of the North, in the Magna Centre in Rotherham, norhtern England on September 13, 2019. Photo by Christopher Furlong/AFP

But Brussels has played down talk of a breakthrough, insisting Johnson has yet to suggest any"legally operable" proposal to revise a previous withdrawal accord. But the accord will also have to win the support of the other 27 EU leaders and the European Parliament if Britain is not to crash out with no deal on October 31.

Johnson compared himself to Marvel comics hero Hulk, the rampaging mutant alter-ego of a mild-mannered nuclear scientist whose catchphrase is"Hulk smash!"

 

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