Boris Johnson ‘risks looking like pound-shop Farage’ if he opposes Brexit deal
by Peter Walker and Aletha Adu from World news | The Guardian on (#6A22R)
Former PMs Johnson and Liz Truss both say they will vote against Rishi Sunak's plan for Northern Ireland
Rishi Sunak's effort to push his Northern Ireland Brexit plan through parliament is descending into acrimony after a minister said Boris Johnson risked being seen as a pound-shop Nigel Farage" for voting against the plan.
Steve Baker, a Northern Ireland minister who was formerly a leading backbench Conservative Brexiter, made the remark after both Johnson and Liz Truss said they would oppose the proposal in the Commons on Wednesday.
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