Boris Johnson Wants His Own Jet to Sell Brexit

Boris Johnson

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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson wants his own plane to fly around the world so that he can promote the U.K. as a global trading nation as it prepares to leave the European Union.

Britain’s top diplomat said Prime Minister Theresa May’s state-funded Royal Air Force Voyager is rarely available for use when he needs it, and complained about the aircraft’s drab color scheme. “Why does it have to be gray?” Johnson asked during a trip to Argentina.