"Brexit: Boris Johnson warns against 'punishment beatings'" BBC News (18 January 2017)
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If Monsieur Hollande wants to administer punishment beatings to anybody who chooses to escape, rather in the manner of some World War Two movie, then I don't think that is the way forward.
I think, actually, it's not in the interests of our friends and our partners.
— Boris Johnson
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I think, actually, it's not in the interests of our friends and our partners." in the context of ""Brexit: Boris Johnson warns against 'punishment beatings'" BBC News (18 January 2017)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, journalist, and popular historian. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from July 2019 until September 2022.
About Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, journalist, and popular historian. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from July 2019 until September 2022.
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