Sunak suggests MPs will get vote on Northern Ireland Brexit deal
Sir Keir said despite cheers from Conservative MPs during PMQS"the prime minister is pulling the wool over their eyes".
However, when asked to confirm if that was the case, the prime minister's official spokesman cautioned that they would"not get into hypotheticals" adding:"There is nothing to vote on yet, we don't have a deal." "He should accept our offer, ignore the howls of indignation from those on his side, who will never take 'yes' for an answer. Why doesn't he just get on with it?"
There is also anger over the so-called"democratic deficit" caused by Northern Ireland still being subject to some EU rules so that goods can move freely into the Republic of Ireland - which unionists and Tory MPs see as an erosion of the UK's sovereignty and incompatible with the aims of Brexit.
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