Boris Johnson admitted that he had been wrestling with whether or not he should support Brexit when he wrote the article BEN CAWTHRA/LNPBoris Johnson was assured that a newspaper column in which he backed staying in the European Union would not be made public for “a year or two”. The foreign secretary was left embarrassed and angry yesterday after the publication of the unused article for The Daily Telegraph, written in case he decided to support remaining inside the EU in the referendum campaign. Before an international meeting on Syria Mr Johnson called the column “semi-parodic” but said that he had been wrestling at the time with whether or not to back Brexit. The article, written on February 19, said: “Britain is…

Source: The Times October 16, 2016 23:00 UTC