Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has had to “pause” a new deal with the European Union on Northern Ireland as Brexiteers in the Province and his own party threaten to oppose a sell-out.
Sunak, though he supported Brexit as a then-relatively obscure MP in the 2016 referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union, is widely reported to have opposed taking a firm line against Brussels as Boris Johnson’s Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Today, there are fears he is continuing to attempt to appease the bloc as premier — for example, by considering scrapping a new law which would empower the British government to disapply elements of the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol if they cause significant disruption to UK governance and intra-UK trade.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman, on the other hand, has insisted passing the law is an essential negotiating tool, as it will allow the British government to act unilaterally if necessary, giving Brussels good reason to cooperate to minimise any disadvantage to themselves. Breitbart.
