Monday, 9 November 2020

Boris Johnson to press on with Brexit bill despite Lords defeat

PM risks major confrontation with Joe Biden by persevering with internal market bill

Boris Johnson has put himself on a collision course with the Joe Biden administration in the US after Downing Street said it would press ahead with legislation designed to override the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland.

Peers inflicted a huge defeat on the government after voting overwhelmingly to remove measures that seek to “disapply” parts of the Northern Ireland protocol – measures that Biden has said would put the Good Friday agreement at risk.

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