Published 2 years ago

Johnson compares Ukraine conflict to Brexit vote

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Boris Johnson: Both examples show countries' willingness to fight for their freedom. He said the economic sanctions taken against Russia have a cost but that the cost of doing nothing would be far, far higher. Johnson reiterated the U.K.'s support to the Ukrainian people in their fight against Russia's aggression.

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Times of India

UK PM under fire for Ukraine, Brexit comparisons

UK News: LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson found himself under fire on Sunday, including from his own MPs, after saying that Brexit showed that Brit.

2 years ago·India

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BBC News

Fury as PM compares Ukraine fight to Brexit vote - BBC News

But chancellor Rishi Sunak says it was "general observations about freedom", not a direct comparison.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Fury greets Boris Johnson’s claim Ukraine fight is like Brexit | Boris Johnson | The Guardian

Prime minister says vote is ‘famous recent example’ of ‘instinct of the people … to choose freedom’

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Johnson compares Ukraine’s fight for freedom to Brexit vote

The PM said the vote to leave the EU is an example of showing an instinct to ‘choose freedom’.

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Brexit shows Britons love freedom in same way as Ukrainians, Johnson says

LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that Brexit showed British people loved freedom in the same way as Ukrainians fighting Russia's invasion, comments that were branded tasteless by opposition lawmakers and commentators. With Ukraine's ambassador to Britain present, Johnson told a Conservative Party conference it was the instinct of British people, like Ukrainians, to

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson likens Ukraine fight for freedom to Brexit and resisting wokeness

Speaking in front of the Ukrainian ambassador at Tory Spring Conference, Boris Johnson said: "We don't need to be woke. We just want to be free, and that's why talented people are fleeing Russia quite frankly right now"

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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