BORIS Johnson will reportedly assemble a special Brexit “war Cabinet” to force through Britain’s exit from the EU by October 31 – if he becomes Prime Minister.
A source said the “crack team” would comprise of a small group of senior ministers and Brexiteer advisers, reports the Telegraph.
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The streamlined sub-committee will be tasked with mapping out the country’s departure from the EU identifying every possible hurdle.
It would then report back to the actual Tory cabinet which will be entirely made up of Brexiteer ministers who have signed up to Boris’ deadline.
Mr Johnson, who is battling Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt for the party leadership and the keys to Number 10, has promised to deliver Brexit within his first 100 days in office.
According to the Telegraph, the plans are being developed by Sir Eddie Lister who is leading the transition team ahead of Theresa May stepping down as PM on July 24.
A source said: “There will be a Brexit workstream and there are people signed up to it.
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“It is expected to have senior figures and expertise from across the spectrum looking into it.”
A spokesman for Mr Johnson’s team said: “Boris and his team are totally focused on the task at hand which is selling his vision for Brexit to be delivered on October 31 with or without a deal.”
Mr Johnson defended his “chequered private life” at the Tory leadership hustings in Carlisle today.
The twice-married MP, whose campaign was rocked after police were called to his home by neighbours after a late night row with his partner, was quizzed about his reliability by a Tory member.
“We know a lot of people have a worry about reliability with Boris and I think that’s the Achilles’ heel, with the chequered private life, can we trust you with the great lady Britannia?” the member asked.
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The questioner added that the Conservatives’ “perfect leader” would be an “amalgam” of Mr Johnson and his rival Jeremy Hunt.
Mr Johnson replied: “Don’t look at what I say I do, look at what I do.”
He pointed towards having “over delivered” on his promises as mayor of London, the 2012 Olympics and his record on action over the Skripal poisonings in Salisbury.
Meanwhile at the Tory hustings, Mr Johnson praised Donald Trump’s “many good qualities” while insisting his own party should copy some of the US President’s policies.
The former London mayor lauded the Republican firebrand’s record in the White House including the performance of the American economy.
Boris suggested that his own party should “pay tribute” to Trump’s reliance on free market economics.
He said: “Actually he has many, many good qualities.
“This is a guy who, when all is said and done, has got the US economy motoring along at about 3.6 per cent growth.
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“He’s put in capital allowances for business in a way that I think we should be looking at here, he’s cut regulations and he’s cut taxes in a way that has driven growth in the US.
The ex-Foreign Secretary added: “We Tories, we Conservatives, I think, for too long have failed to talk up the agenda of free market economics, and we’ve failed to be positive about it…
“…I know that not everybody agrees with everything Donald Trump says or does but on that he is having results, and we should pay tribute to that.”
In an interview with The Sun last month, Trump said Boris would be an “excellent” choice for the next Tory leader.
He said: “I think Boris would do a very good job.”
Someone who may disagree with that sentiment is Glastonbury headliner Stormzy.
The rapper, from Croydon, South London, prompted the audience at the music festival to shout “f**k Boris” during his performance on Friday.
In response, Mr Johnson joked today that the crowd actually chanted “back Boris.”
Speaking with the Press Association, he said: “I want to pay tribute to Stormzy – I am a great enthusiast and admirer of Mr Stormzy’s works and I think he’s one of the great lyricists and poets of our time.
“And I want to thank him for his rousing endorsement of the Back Boris campaign.
“Back Boris I think was what he said and there may have been some problem with the acoustics that caused him to be briefly misunderstood, but Stormzy seems to me to be thoroughly on message.”
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