MPs vote in favour of Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal - despite opposition from high-profile Tory MPs inclduding Boris Johnson and Liz Truss
Despite opposition from several high-profile Tory MPs including Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Priti Patel, the vote to implement the Stormont brake section of the Windsor Framework passed by 515 votes to 29.
Former prime minister Mr Johnson has argued that the Windsor Framework would mean that Northern Ireland is "captured" by EU laws, setting it apart from the UK, or that the UK was unable to "take advantage of Brexit. "The proposed arrangements would mean either that Northern Ireland remained captured by the EU legal order - and was increasingly divergent from the rest of the U.K - or they would mean that the whole of the U.K. was unable properly to diverge and take advantage of Brexit,"Boris Johnson will appear in front of the Privileges Committee on Wednesday afternoon over claims he misled the House of Commons."That is not acceptable. I will be voting against the proposed arrangements today.
Her spokesman said: "After examining the detail of the Stormont Brake and Windsor Framework, Liz has decided to vote against the Statutory Instrument this afternoon. "As the instigator of the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, Liz has concluded that the Government’s latest deal with the EU does not satisfactorily resolve the issues thrown up by the Protocol and almost fatally impinges on the UK’s ability to diverge from EU rules and regulations."
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