Johnson quits UK government

Jo Johnson, the younger brother of Boris, resigned from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government yesterday, calling in a withering critique for another referendum to avoid the vassalage or chaos that he said her Brexit plans would unleash.

Quitting as a junior transport minister, Johnson called May’s Brexit plans delusional and said he could not vote for the deal she is expected to unveil in parliament within weeks. “Britain stands on the brink of the greatest crisis since the Second World War,” said Johnson. (Reuters)