'A voice for true Leavers!' Farage salutes Boris' intervention for saving the Brexit dream
NIGEL FARAGE has heaped praise on Boris Johnson's controversial Brexit intervention as the "first pure Brexit voice from the cabinet in a long time".
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Nigel Farage commended Boris Johnson for having the audacity to shake up the Brexit debate and acting as a rare voice for true Leavers.
The Foreign Secretary's 4,000 word newspaper article yesterday has been viewed as a challenge to Theresa May's leadership.
He has since been accused of "backseat driving" by Home Secretary Amber Rudd over the Brexit blueprin he put forward.
Speaking on his LBC call-in show, the former Ukip leader said that for too long Brexiteers in the cabinet had been quiet.
Nigel Farage commended the divisive Boris Johnson for having the audacity to shake up Brexit debate
Mr Farage hit out at the apparent consensus in the cabinet that agreed for Britain to pay up a giant divorce bill and agree to a transition deal following Brexit.
He urged other Brexiteers to follow the Foreign Secretary in standing up to the soft stance that Theresa May and Phillip Hammond were advocating.
The MEP argued that the intervention on Saturday was an important move to reignite hard Brexit feelings in the cabinet.
He said: "Actually we've not heard the pure Brexit voice from anybody in the cabinet for a very, very long time.
"I've been wondering, what on Earth has happened to them? What are they putting in the water at those cabinet meetings?"
The former Ukip leader said that for too long Brexiteers in the cabinet had been quiet
Farage urged other Brexiteers to follow the Foreign Secretary in standing up
Why is everyone going along with the idea of a three year transition period, with the idea that we go along with paying quite a lot of money during that period?
Mr Farage added: "Why is everyone going along with the idea of a three year transition period, with the idea that we go along with paying quite a lot of money during that period.
"I think what Boris has done, is help to reenergise the Leave debate.
"Already Michael Gove and Priti Patel have come to his side."
Both Environment Secretary Michael Gove and International Development Secretary Priti Patel have backed Boris Johnson’s demand that Britain spends some of the hundreds of millions that the UK sends to Brussels on the NHS after Brexit.