Row over Saudi Arabia comments blows open rift between Theresa May and Boris Johnson
By Peter Dominiczak, Political Editor
8 December 2016 • 10:00pm
Boris Johnson's relationship with Theresa May was looking increasingly strained on Thursday night after he was rebuked by the Prime Minister for saying that Saudi Arabia had been “playing proxy wars” in the Middle East.
In an almost unprecedented rift between a Prime Minister and a Foreign Secretary, Mrs May’s official spokesman publicly slapped down Mr Johnson by saying that his comments about Saudi Arabia “are not the Government’s position”.
Mr Johnson will have an opportunity to travel to the Middle Eastern country where he will “set out the Government’s position this weekend”, the spokesman added in comments that will inflame tensions between the two senior Tories.
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Bio for Boris Johnson, born in NY of British parents, dual-citizen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_JohnsonInstrumental in Brexit;
I like most of what I see from him, maybe not everything. No politician is going to be just like we want.
Someone to watch. I think he was the former mayor of London.
The British Govt. had to actually come out and say what Boris Johnson said were not official views of the UK Govt. per some remarks on Saudi Arabia. A lot in the news on that, one may look it up for oneself.
