Boris Johnson’s plans to break the post-Brexit deal in Northern Ireland have come under fierce attack from Washington, with senior congressmen on both sides of the US political divide warning that the “irresponsible” move is a threat to peace in the province.
EU commissioners are expected to launch a new lawsuit against the United Kingdom later this week following the release on Monday of a bill that will unilaterally rewrite the Northern Ireland Protocol agreed by Mr Johnson with Brussels in 2019.
A former head of the government’s legal service said ministers’ attempts to justify the move were “hopeless”, while another legal expert said the UK would face a “tough fight” to convince any court that it was not violation of international law.
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