'The Northern Ireland Protocol was arguably one of the worst pieces of negotiation that we have seen in recent history.' Former PM John Major tells nicholaswatt 'it does help, if you sign treaties, if you understand them before you sign them' Newsnight
of Mr Johnson with three aides - wearing tinsel and a Santa hat - near a bottle of sparkling wine.
"Brazen excuses were dreamed up. Day after day the public was asked to believe the unbelievable. Ministers were sent out to defend the indefensible - making themselves look gullible or foolish." "Lies can become accepted as fact, which... has consequences for policy and for reputation," he said. But the words he has chosen to use are particularly strong, going as far as to state plainly that the prime minister broke the law.
So while Sir John's intervention may not be entirely unexpected, it is yet more criticism from yet another source within the Conservative Party at a precarious time for the prime minister.
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