‘Narcissistic’ UK politics putting EU relations at risk, says former British envoy

Ivan Rogers says plan by dishonest' government to override Northern Ireland protocol may cause trade war

British-EU relations will probably get worse over the next two years because the narcissistic politics of self-preservation" will continue to prevail in the UK, according to a former British envoy to Brussels.

Sir Ivan Rogers, who served as Britain's ambassador to the EU until he quit in 2017 over Brexit, forecast that the Northern Ireland protocol dispute would remain a crucial impediment to any improvement in the UK-EU relationship" for the rest of the British parliamentary and European Commission terms, which are both due to end in 2024.