Fury over Boris Johnson’s comparison of Ukraine’s resistance to Brexit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves the stage after making his speech (Peter Byrne/PA)

Boris Johnson has sparked outrage by comparing the struggle of Ukrainians fighting the Russian invasion to British people voting for Brexit.

In his speech to the Tory spring conference in Blackpool, Mr Johnson said it is the “instinct of the people of this country, like the people of Ukraine, to choose freedom”, with the Brexit vote a “famous recent example”.