British PM Boris Johnson compares rival Jeremy Corbyn to Joseph Stalin

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has compared his main rival to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin as he prepares to officially launch the governing Conservative Party’s campaign for the Dec. 12 election.

Johnson, writing in the Daily Telegraph, says Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party would “raise taxes so wantonly” that it would destroy Britain’s prosperity. He says Labour leaders are attacking the rich “with a relish and vindictiveness not seen since Stalin persecuted the kulaks,” the wealthier peasants who were targeted by the Soviet regime in the 1930s.

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Johnson will meet Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday to mark the formal dissolution of Parliament in preparation for the election, before kicking off the Conservative Party campaign with a speech later in the day.

Boris Johnson Dials Trump

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged US President Donald Trump to lift tariffs from the goods including Scotch Whiskey. During a telephone conversation, a Downing Street spokesperson said on November 5. Boris Johnson also urged Trump not to impose tariffs on car exports, the statement added.

PM Boris Johnson in his conversation with Donald Trump highlighted the consequences of imposing tariffs on goods like Scotch Whiskey and on Cars. The UK government believes that the tariff on Scotch Whisky by the US affects £1 billion of single malt sales. Karen Betts, who is the CEO of the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) had reflected last month that the imposition of a 25 percent tariff will severely affect the industry. 

According to international media, the United States had imposed 25%-tariff on European goods including the Scotch Whiskey, the decision came in response to large subsidies that were imposed on large aircraft by the European Union. Apart from that, the Trump government has threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on European Union cars and their parts. The Trump office might implement the renewed tariff plan from November 14. There has been a considerable delay in the tariff plan and according to the experts, the same might happen again.

(With AP inputs) 

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