(Neil Hall/EPA-EFE/REX)BERLIN — When former British foreign secretary Boris Johnson resigned from his position in July, some of his counterparts abroad were likely relieved. In the latest incident that could play out to Britain’s disadvantage in mainland Europe, Johnson’s successor, Jeremy Hunt, drew angry reactions on Sunday when he compared the European Union with the Soviet Union. It was the Soviet Union that stopped people leaving,” Hunt said in a speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, England, on Sunday. Jeremy Hunt is using my language, the EU is the new Soviet Union. “Brexiteer comparisons of the European Union to the U.S.S.R. is cheap and offensive, particularly to us who have lived both.

Source: Washington Post October 01, 2018 11:15 UTC