BREXITEERS have warned Rishi Sunak to expect Robocop-style “trouble” as fears grow of plots to soften Brexit.
Hardline Eurosceptics have put the Prime Minister on notice if the Northern Ireland Protocol deal doesn’t end the supremacy of EU law.
Brexiteers warned Rishi Sunak to expect ‘trouble’ as fears grow of plots to soften Brexit
Leading Unionists and anti-EU Tories are in despair that concessions could be made to give the European Court of Justice an on-going role on trade in the province.
The warning shot – using the famous line from the 1987 science fiction action film – comes after leading Remainers held a secret summit last week on relations with Brussels.
One Tory MP last night said: “Unless the Protocol deal ends the supremacy of EU law and institutions in NI, there will be, as Robocop said, “trouble”.
Eurosceptics say the UK has weakened its hand in talks as they are not pushing through a new law that would allow the government to rip up parts of the original agreement.
The devolved power-sharing institutions at Stormont collapsed after the Democratic Unionist Party withdrew their cooperation in protest at the Protocol.
The system allows checks to take place on trade between Northern Ireland and the mainland but unionists believe it weakens their role in the union.
Ex-Brexit Minister David Jones last night said: “If the government want a deal to last clearly it’s going to have to be acceptable to the Unionist community.”
Rishi Sunak insisted yesterday that he is focused on the benefits of leaving the EU after it emerged Cabinet Minister Michael Gove had also attended the meeting concerning EU withdrawal.
Gove is understood to have attended the meeting in his capacity as a governor of the Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, venue.
Leading Brexiteers including Lord Frost say it is further evidence of a plot to “unravel” the existing Brexit deals with
Nigel Farage saying it showed a “full sell-out of Brexit is underway”.
Downing Street hadn’t been informed of the cross-party meeting at the end of last week.
The PM declined to say whether he supported the meeting.
He said: “It is not about the meeting, I’m talking about what the Government is doing, and that’s making sure we capitalise on the benefits of Brexit.”
