Boris Johnson on Monday defied a chorus of criticism and published legislation to rip up his 2020 Brexit deal with the EU, insisting there was “no other way” of protecting the peace process in Northern Ireland.
Johnson published the government’s legal position claiming he faced a “genuinely exceptional situation” and that the Northern Ireland protocol was causing “peril” to social and political conditions in the region.
Citing the “doctrine of necessity”, the paper said the “essential interests” of the UK would be harmed unless a law was passed to override the compromise Johnson struck with Brussels over the region only two years ago.
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