LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday (Jul 25) described the terms of the current draft Brexit deal as 'unacceptable' and ...
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday described the terms of the current draft Brexit deal as"unacceptable" and called on Brussels to rethink its refusal to renegotiate.
But he added:"The Withdrawal Agreement negotiated by my predecessor has been three times rejected by this house. Its terms are unacceptable to this parliament and to this country."Johnson also confirmed that Britain would not nominate anyone to the European Commission which takes office on Nov 1. Johnson told parliament the Irish backstop, an insurance policy designed to prevent the return of a hard border between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland, must be abolished.
It is the most contentious part of the deal for British lawmakers who fear it will slice Northern Ireland off from the rest of the United Kingdom. Johnson's government does not have a majority in parliament so rules with the help of 10 Northern Irish lawmakers from the Democratic Unionist Party, who vehemently oppose the backstop.
"Our mission is to deliver Brexit on the 31st of October for the purpose of uniting and re-energising our great United Kingdom and making this country the greatest place on earth," Johnson told UK lawmakers. Earlier on Thursday the prime minister held his first full meeting of the cabinet, in which Brexiteers now dominate the senior posts."Night of the Blond Knives," said The Sun, Britain's most-read newspaper, a reference to the colour of Johnson's dishevelled mop of hair and the changes to his government.
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