Johnson facing Commons battle to pass Brexit deal
The prime minister has 24 hours to persuade MPs to back his new Brexit deal ahead of a knife-edge vote in the Commons on Saturday. The proposed new agreement sees the Irish backstop dropped in favour of a plan under which Northern Ireland would remain aligned to the EU from the end of the transition period for at least four years. The BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg warns that “for some Brexit purists and unionists too, it’s a breach of …read more
Source:: The Week
