Jeremy Hunt ‘Expects’ Brexit by Christmas

London: Jeremy Hunt, the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and also one of the two Conservative leadership contenders, has refused to guarantee that the UK will leave the European Union (EU) before Christmas, but said he “expects” it to happen by then. He made the remark during an appearance on the BBC on Friday night.

Although he did not reveal when Brexit would take place if he became the UK’s new Prime Minister, Hunt said: “I’m being honest with people.” He was then challenged on whether the UK would still be a member of the EU going into 2020, replying: “I don’t believe so.” Sharing screen space, Boris Johnson, Hunt’s rival and the frontrunner in the leadership contest, said the UK would leave by October 31 “come what may”, and that if this did not happen it would lead to “a huge erosion of trust in politics”. (IANS)

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