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Boris Johnson, Pretty Patel and Liz Truss vote against Rishi Sunak’s Windsor Framework Brexit deal in Northern Ireland as more and more Tory MPs join a rebellion against the new post-Brexit deal Said to throw.
On Tuesday, the European Study Group (ERG), made up of Brexit-backing Tory MPs, hinted it would also vote against Mr Snack’s Windsor Agreement, saying it was “likely to be useless in practice”. rice field.
That comes as Mr Johnson faces four hours of grueling interrogation from the Commons Privileges Commission over whether he recklessly misled Congress at a Downing Street party that violated Covid rules.
In a statement reported by daily telegraph“The proposed arrangement would mean that Northern Ireland would remain trapped in the EU legal order and would increasingly deviate from the rest of the UK, or the UK as a whole could properly branch out and become independent. It means that you could not benefit from Brexit.
“It is unacceptable. I will vote against the proposed arrangement today.
Shortly after his statement, Truss also confirmed that he planned to vote against the deal.
A spokesman for the former prime minister said, “Liz has decided to vote against the statute this afternoon.”
It is understood that Mr Truss believes the agreement will prevent the UK from deviating entirely from EU rules and regulations.
Priti Patel also joined the rebellion, says former interior secretary Telegraph She “wouldn’t buy a government smoke and mirror stock in Windsor”.
Former Conservative Party leader Sir Ian Duncan Smith said Telegraph He will not support the deal.
With Labor’s backing of the Windsor Framework Agreement signed last month, the government should win the House vote by a comfortable margin, despite criticism from some hardline Brexit supporters in the Conservative Party.
The DUP has already said that eight MPs will vote against the rule to implement so-called Stormont brakes.
However, it remains to be seen how much insurrection Sunak will face in a vote that is expected to bring a secondary bill on the Stormont Brake to parliament this afternoon.
It remains to be seen how another Johnson successor, No. 10 Liz Truss, will vote today.
The deal, which was announced last month as an alternative to the Northern Ireland Protocol agreed to by Mr Johnson, means that most goods shipped from mainland Britain to Northern Ireland will be subject to customs and regulatory restrictions as long as it is proven that they are not destined for Northern Ireland. Indicates that no official checks are required. EU market.
Mr Johnson had agreed the original Northern Ireland Protocol with the EU to circumvent Ireland’s strict borders.
Earlier this month, he said he would find it “very difficult” to support the Windsor Accords.
Starting at 2pm, Mr Johnson will appear before the Privileges Committee to explain why he assured Commons that No 10 staff were following Covid rules and guidance during the lockdown rally in Downing Street. , faces bruised cross-examination from MPs.
The former prime minister filed a 52-page document in his defense that he “didn’t dream” of intentionally or recklessly misleading the House of Commons in December 2021.
Johnson admitted to misleading lawmakers, but claimed that his partygate denial was done “in good faith” based on what he “honestly” knew at the time.