Boris: 'Negative rhetoric' over Brexit 'disappointing'

Boris Johnson has criticised people "queuing up" to say Britain "will go down the plughole" if the country votes to leave the European Union.

Mr Johnson said it is "disappointing" to hear "so much negative rhetoric" coming from the UK government and the Remain campaign.

The former Mayor of London was responding to comments made by Janet Yellen, the chair of the US central bank, who said Brexit would lead to "significant economic repercussions".

Earlier the Prime Minister David Cameron said a vote to leave the EU would be a "high-risk bet for our children", which followed an intervention by the head of the World Trade Organisation, who warned that negotiating new trade deals post Brexit could take "decades".

"This is a great country and great economy, and I think people know we can do brilliantly if we take back control not just of huge sums of money, but our immigration policy and our tax and our trade policies," said Mr Johnson.

"This is the chance for us to go global and reflect the scale of what the UK is able to achieve," he added.

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