Stanley Johnson played up his French roots and said it is about "reclaiming what I already have". If comes after the Prime Minister pushed the UK out of Europe with a trade deal, ending EU citizenship for millions of ordinary British people.
Stanley Johnson, speaking in French, told RTL radio: "If I understand it correctly, I am French. My mother was born in France, her mother was totally French as was her grandfather.
So for me it is about reclaiming what I already have. And that makes me very happy."In a translation reported by the Reuters news agency, the former I'm a Celebrity star continued: "I will always be a European, that's for sure.
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