Boris Johnson pledges to slash red tape and boost trade

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Boris Johnson today warns Brussels to end its attempts to frustrate Brexit, and vows to move 'ever faster' to exploit the UK's new freedoms.
58% : But he also urges Brussels to 'abandon the punitive and zero-sum approach' it has taken towards Brexit, saying the EU will find it 'impossible to hold back the UK' in the long run.
56% : In an attempt to get back on the front foot after weeks of claims and counter-claims over the Partygate row, Mr Johnson goes on to say that despite Brexit, 'we have emphatically not left Europe'.
56% : Pictured: Prime Minister Boris Johnson is today warning Brussels to end its attempts to frustrate Brexit, and vows to move 'ever faster' to exploit the UK's new freedoms two years on
55% : It is vital that we take the steps necessary, in this Parliament, to remove unnecessary rules altogether, and where regulation is needed, ensure that it meets the UK's objectives.'
55% : Brexit helped us bounce back from Covid - now we'll go faster with our freedoms and make it easier to get rid of retained EU lawBy Boris Johnson for the Daily Mail
54% : And that was at least partly because of Brexit.
45% : Mr Johnson says Britain's vaccine success was 'at least partly because of Brexit'.
45% : Pictured: Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Brexit has helped the UK bounce back from Covid
40% : We will continue to campaign for free trade and open markets.
39% : But Mr Johnson says Brexit will ultimately be in the interests of the EU as well, adding: 'The Brussels machine will increasingly benefit from having the stimulus of regulatory competition from the UK.'
35% : That is what Brexit is helping to deliver in all kinds of ways.

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