There were chaotic scenes earlier when Johnson left his home in north London to booing and jeering from a large crowd of bystanders.
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He told supporters to “drive for the line” and took the opportunity to hit out at Mr Juncker once more, saying his remarks “tell you all you need to know about the conceit of European Union officials”.
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Longtime Johnson watchers view his perch at the helm of the “leave” campaign through this Downing Street prism, said Tony Travers, a political scientist at the London School of Economics.
They also warned Britain that it would remain a member, with all the obligations that entails, until the talks on leaving are over, which could mean more than two years longer.
David Cameron campaigned alongside Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green figures in a cross-party Remain battle-bus tour, which saw former prime minister Sir John Major denounce the Leave campaign as “the gravediggers of our prosperity”.
Johnson’s decision to break with Cameron over Brexit marks the first public split between the longtime friends and sometimes rivals.
Insisting he was “passionate and… wildly patriotic” about the UK, Mr Cameron said: “The sort of Great Britain I want – an even greater country – doesn’t walk away, it doesn’t quit, it stands and it fights”.
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The American-born Johnson didn’t say publicly yesterday he would seek to lead the nation and the Conservative Party.
Boris Johnson has praised “brave and principled” David Cameron for putting the vote on Europe in the wake of the EU Referendum. “I think the electorate have searched in their hearts and answered as honestly as they can”, Johnson said. “He’s got huge momentum behind him”.
“It’s all going to be about getting our supporters out to vote and if we do it I really think tomorrow can be independence day”. “He has an terrible lot of support in the Conservative Party membership”.
It was a shaky start to a day’s activities that have seen Mr Johnson appear on BBC Breakfast and ITV’s Good Morning Britain in a last-ditch attempt to grab votes.
Johnson, flanked by fellow Vote Leave campaigners Gisela Stuart and Michael Gove, said he disagrees with those who say it was wrong to hold a referendum and ask the British people to decide.
Marketing manager Annett Middleton said she disagrees with Johnson’s stance on the European Union and is not sure she completely trusts what he says, but she believes he could do well at Downing Street.
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“We can control our borders in a way that is not discriminatory, but fair and balanced and take the wind out of the sails of the extremists and those who would play politics with immigration”.
