Now Boris tries to sabotage his own bungled Brexit deal with new attack on Sunak
by Adam Forrest
Jan 31, 2024
4 minutes
Boris Johnson has attacked Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal with the DUP – warning that it could tie the UK to EU trade rules in future.
Mr Sunak’s government revealed new arrangements to remove routine checks on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland in a bid to restore powersharing at Stormont.
Checks required under the previous so-called “green lane” will be further reduced – a tweak aimed at fixing some of the unresolved mess left by Mr Johnson’s Brexit deal.
Despite effectively being an extension of his own deal, Mr Johnson joined Tory rebels in claiming the new
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