Boris Johnson turns Biarritz swim into Brexit metaphor

Boris Johnson points to the rock he swam to off Biarritz. Photograph: Pool/ReutersBoris Johnson took the plunge into choppy waters – literally – early on Sunday morning, as he began his first international summit as prime minister, in the French seaside resort of Biarritz.Watched closely by French protection officers on boats and paddleboards, and accompanied at least some of the way by the UK’s ambassador to Paris, Ed Llewellyn, Johnson struck out from the beach and swam to a