‘Surrender act’: Johnson ignores calls to restrain his language

Former minister David Gauke says No 10 should not ape Donald Trump’s tactics and language. Boris Johnson and his cabinet ministers repeatedly ignored warnings that their use of language could incite violence, as they deployed the phrase “surrender act” as much as possible on the first day of Conservative party conference to describe the law blocking a no-deal Brexit. Johnson was joined by formerly moderate Conservative cabinet ministers, Matt Hancock and Nicky Morgan, in defend