Brexit: EU says it will start legal action over Boris Johnson's controversial Internal Market Bill

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The EU Commission says it will start legal action against Boris Johnson's bid to potentially override parts of the Brexit deal

It will let ministers hand themselves the power to determine rules on state aid and goods travelling between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.earlier this week and will go on to face debates and votes in the House of Lords."We need to create a legal safety net to protect the integrity of the UK's internal market, ensure ministers can always deliver on their obligations to Northern Ireland and protect the gains from the peace process," they said.

"It is the result of long EU-UK negotiations and the only way to protect Good Friday Agreement, guaranteeing peace and stability on island of Ireland."Analysis: The three things Brussels' legal action meansFor the EU, this isn't just about the legal action, but about the signals that it sends across the Channel.

The European Parliament has already said it would block a deal on those terms, but there are plenty who shrugged that off. But if the Commission is making the same threat, it carries more weight.Last year, every country seemed to have a different take on Brexit; now, with so much else to worry about, the EU seems to be much more unified in its approach.And thirdly, Ms Von der Leyen's words were a tacit statement that Europe is prepared for talks to fail.

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Doesn’t the Queen have to sign off on any bills? The Lords should intervene as the Queen should not be put in a position of signing anything that knowingly breaks the law.

Here is your news scoop which reveals the bad faith and conspiracy of the EU by their own staff

And the EU wonder why we hate them. Telling us what we can and can’t do in our own country and letting non elected autocrats decide our lives, nah , don’t think so.

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