Rory Stewart poured scorn on Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan, accusing him of “telling people what they want to hear” TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/GETTYRory Stewart has accused Boris Johnson of offering “magical solutions” to Brexit and rowed back on his vow to not endorse a candidate by backing Jeremy Hunt. He told Today on BBC Radio 4 that Mr Hunt would “make a much better prime minister than Boris Johnson”. The international development secretary, who was eliminated from the leadership race last week, poured scorn on Mr Johnson’s newly elaborated Brexit plan, accusing him of “telling people what they want to hear”. Mr Stewart added: “He’s pretending he has a magic solution, that he’s going to take us out and he’s not going to do damage at all and it’s going to be terrific, but the reality is he can’t do it and he’s going to let people…

Source: The Times June 26, 2019 08:15 UTC