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‘Never mind the backstop, the buck stops here’: Boris launches his premiership with domestic focus

25 July 2019

1:11 AM

25 July 2019

1:11 AM

Boris Johnson has just given a rather urgent-sounding, fast-paced speech in Downing Street. So fast-paced, in fact, that it almost appeared he was in a hurry to catch a train.

He of course promised to deliver Brexit by 31 October, but the bulk of his statement was in fact focused on what he wanted to do on domestic policy.

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