Boris Johnson Gets Back in the Brexit Game

Boris Johnson Gets Back in the Brexit Game
It also left open the question of what Mr. Johnson hoped to get out of staking out a hard-line position on Brexit at a time when the party as a whole seemed to be unifying around a softer stance,
and at what cost to his party and to a country just beginning to grapple with the reality of leaving the European Union?
Yet a significant shift from Mrs. May — like calling for a lengthy transition period after the March 2019 deadline, during which Britain would continue
to pay into the European Union’s budget — now looks unlikely before her party convention, pushing back further a tight negotiating timetable.
With a party conference just around the corner, Mr. Johnson is making himself available as an alternative to a large segment of the party
that would see Mrs. May’s softening stance as a betrayal.
On a visit to Canada on Monday, Mrs. May sought to play down the furor over the article, saying, "Boris is Boris," but
that is unlikely to calm the warring factions in her party.
His intervention staked out a clear position in the Conservative Party ahead of Mrs. May’s speech.