British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a pre-election promise by the oppositi...
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts during his visit to the West Monkton CEVC Primary School during a general election campaign trail in Taunton, Britain November 14, 2019. Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a pre-election promise by the opposition Labour Party to nationalize telecoms provider BT’s fixed line network to provide free full-fiber broadband for all is a “crackpot scheme.” “What we won’t be doing is some crackpot scheme that would involve many, many tens of billions of taxpayers’ money nationalizing a British business,” Johnson told BBC radio.
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