PM’s efforts at breaking Brexit deadlock could be scuppered by hardliners in his party as Boris Johnson urges tougher stance
Rishi Sunak has been warned that more than 100 Tory MPs could rebel over a deal with the EU to help break the, as Boris Johnson launched a major intervention calling for him to take a tougher line with Brussels.
James Duddridge, a former Brexit minister and close ally of the former prime minister, said talk of the European court of justice retaining a role would also be a “wedge” to fulfilling Brexit. Hours after Johnson’s intervention, other Tories quickly sided with him. David Frost, the UK’s former chief Brexit negotiator, stressed there was “no deadline” for talks on overhauling the protocol. He said Sunak should “push on with the protocol bill, so that our negotiators are in the strongest possible position”.
But some Tories want Sunak to keep the legislation halted. Robert Buckland, a former justice secretary, told the Guardian there was a “a narrow supporting legal argument” for the bill when it was progressing through parliament last year. But he added: “Now that the negotiations are real and progressing, I think that the situation has significantly changed. The bill is a dead letter.”
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