A slight flaw in his argument....
The Isle of Man is a crown dependency and is neither part of the EU or the UK. Its relationship to the EU is akin to what the UK's will be after Brexit - needing to conform to EU rules in order to have access to its market - but with no say over those rules. You will shortly, possibly, have this man in Downing Street when he doesn’t even understand the boundaries and status of parts of the British Isles?
"If you must understand why we must leave the EU, the advantages of coming out of the EU and the ability to take back control of our democracy and our own regulatory framework, I want you to consider this kipper," said the Tory leadership favourite on stage, waving the plastic-wrapped smoked fish in the air.The prop, which he said had been handed to him by the editor of a national newspaper, allowed him to make a joke about winning back UKIP voters. But his real point was about "Brussels bureaucrats".
Johnson claimed that a kipper smoker in the Isle of Man was "utterly furious" at the costs of having to deliver his smoked fish on ice, according to what Johnson claimed was EU regulation.
Johnson claimed that a kipper smoker in the Isle of Man was "utterly furious" at the costs of having to deliver his smoked fish on ice, according to what Johnson claimed was EU regulation.
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