Jean Claude Juncker jokes: 'It would be good for Britain if I was' British PM

European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker has joked that Britain would be better off if he was prime minister.

Jean Claude Juncker jokes: 'It would be good for Britain if I was' British PM

European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker has joked that Britain would be better off if he was prime minister.

Arriving at an informal meeting of the 27 other EU heads of government, Mr Juncker said Theresa May had not briefed him on the Chequers meeting of her Brexit "war cabinet" when ministers agreed a broad policy for the next stage of negotiations, on trade.

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