BORIS Johnson has said the EU will attempt to 'carve up the UK' if rebel MPs block his controversial Internal Market Bill in a stark warning as Brexit tensions reach fever-pitch.
Mr Johnson insists the legislation - which will override parts of the Withdrawal agreement he signed last year - is required to end EU threats to install a"blockade" in the Irish Sea. The move has caused considerable disquiet in Westminster, not least among his own backbenchers, with Bob Neill, MP for Bromley and Chislehurst, putting forward an amendment which would effectively veto the Bill.
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