Anger among European Research Group over vote on key part of Windsor framework for Northern Ireland
Rishi Sunak faces a reckoning from hardline Brexiters on his backbenches who are prepared to follow the Democratic Unionist party in voting against a key element of his “Windsor framework” that overhauls theAnger is rising among those in the European Research Group at ministers using a vote on a statutory instrument to implement the “Stormont brake” on Wednesday, as a proxy for MPs to have their say on the whole deal.
Jeffrey Donaldson, the DUP leader, said on a visit to Washington DC a few days ago: “It is my current assessment that there remain key areas of concern which require further clarification, reworking and change as well as seeing further legal text.” The vote will be on a statutory instrument that will implement a mechanism designed to appease concerns about the jurisdiction of the EU law.
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