'Boris is being Boris.' Boris Johnson has been accused of attempting to sabotage Rishi Sunak's post-Brexit trade deal with Northern Ireland.
But cabinet ministerinsisted: ‘Boris is being Boris, but I wouldn’t say it’s a completely unhelpful intervention.’
It was ‘helpful to remind the EU of that Bill, and what this deal actually has to deliver’, the Commons leader told Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday.Commons leader Penny Mordaunt said ‘Boris is being Boris’ He is rumoured to want to present his deal to MPs in the commons as soon as this week.Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has taken the unusual step of offering his party’s support in a vote.
A deal could mean a return to power-sharing in the Northern Ireland assembly, which has not met for a year after a fall-out over the protocol.
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