During a recent interview with the BBC, Boris Johnson did not know what one of the key clauses of GATT critical for Brexit consisted of.
BBC: So how would you handle – you talk about article 5B in Gatt 24 –
BJ: Paragraph 5B. Article 24. Get the detail right. Get the detail right, Andrew. It’s article 24, paragraph 5B.
BBC: And how would you handle paragraph 5C?
BJ: I would confide entirely in paragraph 5B, because that is –
BBC: How would you get round what’s in 5C?
BJ: I would confide entirely in paragraph 5B, which is enough for our purposes.
BBC: Do you know what’s in 5C?
BJ: No.