Boris Johnson was in the Caribbean last week to see for himself the damage wrought by hurricane Irma. The foreign secretary had been stung by criticism that the government had not done enough to help people in the British overseas territories and wanted to show he was on the case. Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘[Johnson] is deliberately tempting May to sack him but the awful thing is that she is too pathetically weak to do so,’ said one former Tory minister. You do not write an article like that without consulting the prime minister and your cabinet colleagues. Theresa May to deliver Brexit speech in Florence Read moreEven before her foreign secretary’s intervention, the prime minister was preparing for two of the most difficult speeches of her career.

Source: The Guardian September 16, 2017 20:39 UTC