Boris Johnson has today denounced Theresa May’s new Brexit deal with the EU as an “absolute stinker” and has urged urged MPs from across the political spectrum to reject it.
He is written a column to decry the deal with reports Theresa May is close to striking a deal with Brussels which would allow the creation of a whole-UK customs union, avoiding the need for the Northern Ireland border “backstop” that has been at the heart of the impasse in negotiations.
Cabinet minister James Brokenshire rejected suggestions that final agreement has been reached, saying negotiations are “still very firmly continuing”, with 95% of issues resolved.
But expectations are rising that UK negotiator Olly Robbins will be pressing hard to finalise a deal in Brussels this week, to set the scene for a special Brexit summit later in the month to secure the approval of the leaders of the 27 remaining member states.
Theresa May is expected to brief the Cabinet on progress in talks when members gather for their weekly meeting at 10 Downing Street on Tuesday.
Johnson has described this new ideas as “a Christmas present of the finest old Brussels fudge” which would mean the UK getting “absolutely nothing in return” for its £39 billion divorce payment.
Boris insists that under these agreements the UK would effectively become a non-voting member of the EU, forced to accept laws made in Brussels with no power to shape or amend them.
Writing in the Sun, Boris described the arrangement as a “national humiliation”, leaving the UK as “a vassal state, a colony”.
Boris dismissed suggestions that the agreement would lead the way to a Canada-style trade deal, arguing that the joint UK/EU political declaration on the future relationship due to be released alongside the withdrawal agreement will be “worthless”.
Brussels would always use the prospect of a hard border in Ireland to keep the UK “forever” in its orbit, he claimed.
From social policy to the environment, from agriculture to industrial standards to immigration, when Brussels says ‘Jump’, the British answer will be ‘How high?’
We are being asked to choose between the break-up of the Union – at least for economic purposes – or the subjugation of the whole country,” said the Uxbridge MP.
We are choosing wholesale subjection. We need to stop before it is too late. Brexit was meant to be about taking back control. Under this plan we surrender control to Brussels.
As soon as MPs understand what is really at stake, I have no doubt that they will throw this deal out.”
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