One well-placed senior Tory in the House of Lords said the fear is the prime minister and his closest aides are being driven by ideological impulse and not trade strategy in pushing on with the UK Internal Market Bill.
And on COVID-19 too, leaked stories about a Cabinet battle between senior ministers over how many people should be allowed to mix shows how thorny an issue this is for the party. Mr Johnson now faces frustration from at least two sides of his own party and a planned meeting on Friday evening is unlikely to do much to dampen it.
Is the Internal Market Bill sort of like self defence? We only plan to use it if we are attached? As a remainer i’m feeling wrong about the EU behaviour. It’s triggering bullying feeling I haven’t felt since I came out black at school. I hope it gets resolved without war.