Johnson raises hackles over WW2 'punishment beatings' jibe at Hollande


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  • Thursday, 19 Jan 2017

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) meets British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson in New Delhi, India January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Just as British ministers were hoping to win EU leaders' support for their newly revealed Brexit plan, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson raised hackles by comparing any attempt to punish Britain to a World War Two escape movie.

He was visiting New Delhi a day after Prime Minister Theresa May laid out the case for a "hard Brexit."

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