Donald Tusk and Conservative peer Lord Barwell are among those criticising Boris Johnson's comments.
Boris Johnson has been criticised for comparing the struggle of Ukrainians fighting Russia's invasion to people in Britain voting for Brexit.
In a speech he said Britons, like Ukrainians, had the instinct "to choose freedom" and cited the 2016 vote to leave the EU as a "recent example". Conservative peer Lord Barwell said the referendum wasn't "comparable with risking your life" in a war.Addressing the Conservative party's spring conference in Blackpool earlier, the prime minister said: "I know that it's the instinct of the people of this country, like the people of Ukraine, to choose freedom, every time.
"It's because they wanted to be free to do things differently and for this country to be able to run itself." Mr Johnson also cited as an example British people choosing to get vaccinated against coronavirus because they "wanted to get on with their lives" and "were fed up with being told what to do by people like me".
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