Boris Johnson has deliberately set Britain on a “collision course” with the EU over Brexit negotiations, Ireland’s Foreign Minister said. “He seems to have made a deliberate decision to set Britain on a collision course with the European Union and with Ireland in relation to the Brexit negotiations,” Simon Coveney was quoted by Irish state broadcaster RTE as saying in Belfast. “I think only he can answer the question as to why he’s doing that.” In his maiden parliamentary speech as PM Johnson promised to reopen the deal agreed with the EU — despite firm pushback from other EU leaders.