Boris Johnson dismisses WWII punishment threat from Francois Hollande

Boris Johnson has warned the French president not to hit the UK with a "punishment beating" for Brexit. The Foreign Secretary said it was not in Francois Hollande's interests to "administer punishment beatings" in the "manner of some World War Two movie" after the president indicated France would not accept better conditions for the UK outside the single market. It came after the Prime Minister told EU leaders in her key Brexit speech that offering a bad deal to punish the UK for its decision to