Boris Johnson compared the Ukrainian people's fight for freedom to voting for Brexit and resisting 'wokeness', in a speech to Tory party members in Blackpool.
Speaking at the Conservative Spring Conference in Blackpool, the Prime Minister said: "I know that it's the instinct of the people of this country, like the people of Ukraine, to choose freedom every time.
"I can give you a couple of famous recent examples. When the British people voted for Brexit in such large numbers, I don't believe it was that they were remotely hostile to foreigners.