Boris facing backlash from Tory MPs over breaching law to change Brexit deal

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Senior members of the Tory Party argue the move could undermine Britain’s reputation as an upholder of international law and the nation will 'lose the moral high ground.

Chairperson of the Commons defence committee Tobias Ellwood thinks changes to the Brexit agreement would mean the UK ‘loses the moral high ground’ ‘To unilaterally ignore any treaty in its obligations which we’ve signed and submitted to the United Nations would actually go against everything we believe in.

He suggested there was an element of ‘sabre-rattling’ as negotiations on a free trade deal approached the final stages, with both sides apparently deadlocked. He said: ‘This legislation breaks international law, but it also breaks domestic law. The Prime Minister and his friends… are creating a rogue state, one where the rule of law does not apply. Why does the PM think that he and his friends are above the law?’supports HTML5 video

Mr Johnson replied: ‘We will press on with this bill, because I believe that these attacks on it are totally illogical.

 

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Moral high ground? When did they have that then? Can they even spell M - O - R - A - L? I must’ve blinked and missed that!

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