Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson places a demand on Brussels to pay the ‘ridiculous’ Brexit divorce bill

Britain spits fire, as Boris talks about the possibility of Brussels being forced to pay the controversial Brexit divorce bill, accusing the EU of making every move to “bleed this country white”. An opinion which is at variance with the claim of EU leaders against the UK.

According to his analysis, which may after be correct, as every assets is matched against liabilities, even in everyday business practice. Saying that it is possible for Britain to “definitely” walk away without paying any penny, because the country’s share of the bloc’s assets may be very well enough that Brussels may even pay into the UK’s treasury.

Asked whether he agreed with former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith that Britain might end up receiving a payment, Mr Johnson told the Daily Telegraph: "I do, I think there are very good arguments.

"There are assets, I don't want to get too much into the detail of the negotiation but there are assets that we share, that we have paid for over the years and there will need to be a proper computation of the value of those assets.

"I certainly think the bill that's been presented at the moment is absurd."

Mr Johnson speaking further condemned the "shameful" leaking of details of a Downing Street meeting between Prime Minister Theresa May, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier showed "Brussels is ruthless in its negotiating techniques".

Accusing the EU of "trying it on", he said: "They are going to try to bleed this country white with their bill.

"The logic behind this bill is absolutely preposterous. We could definitely walk away."

The Foreign Secretary also warned about the likelihood of Russian interfering in the upcoming general election, saying it is a "realistic possibility", and claimed Russian president Vladimir Putin would "rejoice" if Jeremy Corbyn got into Number 10.

He told the Daily Telegraph: "I think it is a realistic possibility. Clearly we think that is what he (Mr Putin) did in America, it's blatantly obvious that's what he did in France. In the western Balkans he is up to all sorts of sordid enterprises, so we have to be vigilant."

Mr Johnson suggested Mr Putin's motive was "to undermine faith in democracy altogether and to discredit the whole democratic process".