'We simply have no choice': British Prime Minister Boris Johnson kicks off election campaign, comparing his main rival to Soviet leader Josef Stalin, who sent millions to their deaths in labor camps
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson kicks off his election campaign on Wednesday vowing to “get Brexit done” in contrast to his main rival, whom he compared to Soviet leader Josef Stalin who sent millions to their deaths in labor camps.
The outcome of the vote is hard to predict, with the immediate question of Britain’s exit from the European Union scrambling voters’ traditional loyalties and giving smaller rivals a chance to challenge the two biggest parties, Johnson’s Conservatives and the left-of-center Labour Party. “But as things stand we simply have no choice – because it is only by getting Brexit done in the next few weeks that we can focus on all the priorities of the British people.”
On Wednesday, the party was then accused of putting out a doctored video clip of a television interview with a senior Labour politician. Britain had been due to leave in March this year, but has had to extend that deadline three times after parliament rejected a deal negotiated by Theresa May, and then forced Johnson himself to ask for more time.
Millions of people were executed under Stalin and many more perished from abuse and disease in a vast network of prison camps, known as the Gulags. Relatively affluent farmers, known as kulaks, were among the groups targeted.British PM Johnson meets Queen Elizabeth, formally marking start of election campaign
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