British leader slams Boris Johnson for following Trump’s ‘authoritarian playbook’

Published November 25, 2019 7:52pm ET



A leading opposition figure in the United Kingdom has warned that an election win for Prime Minister Boris Johnson would signal a victory for populist nationalists globally,

Chuka Umunna, 41, who speaks for the Liberal Democrats on foreign affairs, criticized Johnson, 55, for aping President Trump’s “authoritarian playbook.”

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