Boris Johnson has said Britain will make a “Titanic success of Brexit” and compared himself to the dog strangled by Michael Heseltine as he collected a comeback of the year at the Spectator Awards on Thursday night. “In the words of our great prime minister, they understand that Brexit means Brexit and we are going to make a Titanic success of it.”“It sank,” said former chancellor George Osborne, who was presenting Johnson with his award. “Well, the Titantic exhibition in Northern Ireland is the single most popular attraction in the province,” Johnson said. Rachel Reeves won speech of the year her moving tribute to her murdered colleague Jo Cox. Sadiq Khan, Labour’s mayor of London, won the newly created Joseph Chamberlain award for politicians in local and devolved government.

Source: The Guardian November 03, 2016 09:42 UTC