Boris Johnson’s resignation letter… and the prime minister’s reply

Theresa May has told Mr Johnson it is “right you step down” after he said Brexit is being “suffocated by needless self-doubt”.

Boris Johnson told Theresa May in his resignation letter that the Brexit “dream is dying” – with the prime minister replying she is a “little surprised” by his decision to step down as foreign secretary.

Explaining his decision to quit the cabinet, Mr Johnson wrote: “Brexit should be about opportunity and hope. It should be a chance to do things differently.

“To be more nimble and dynamic and to maximise the particular advantages of the UK as an open, outward-looking, global economy.

“That dream is dying, suffocated by needless self-doubt.”

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