British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday tempers needed to calm aft...
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday tempers needed to calm after a vitriolic session in parliament the day before, maintaining that only Brexit could resolve deep divisions among lawmakers and across the country.
The ferocity of the Brexit debate has shocked allies of a country that has prided itself as a confident - and mostly tolerant - pillar of Western economic and political stability. His critics say such language is often used in threats of violence or worse received by lawmakers, particularly women. When one female Labour lawmaker said she had had threats from people echoing the prime minister’s rhetoric, Johnson replied: “I have never heard so much humbug in my life”
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