EDITORIAL: SA needs to be ready for Boris Johnson fallout

Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson attends the launch of his campaign in London on June 12 2019. Picture: REUTERS/HENRY NICHOLLS

Johnson was also the figurehead of the campaign for Brexit, with some analysts saying it was unlikely the vote to leave the EU would have carried without him. While the head of the Confederation of British Industry has said a no-deal Brexit will be “seriously damaging” to the economy, Johnson hasn’t shown himself to take the issue seriously.

It will disrupt trade by introducing a customs border, replacing the current frictionless trade that allows goods to move between the two jurisdictions without the need formay have implications for a range of other things, from food prices to the availability of medicines. The chancellor of the exchequer, UK finance minister Philip Hammond, has already said he will resign when Johnson becomes the new leader as he can’t accept a no-deal scenario, even hinting he might vote to bring down the government if it comes to that.

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