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Boris Johnson defends Brexit change to avoid UK 'carve-up'

by Associated Press
| September 12, 2020 4:06 AM

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has strongly defended his government's plan to override sections of the Brexit deal he negotiated with the European Union, arguing that the EU has an “extreme” interpretation of the treaty that could jeopardize the U.K.'s future.

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