Former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Sir John Major have urged Parliament to reject Boris Johnson's "shameful" attempt to override parts of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.

The PM has said the European Union is threatening to impose a customs border in the Irish Sea, separating Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.

Mr Blair and Sir John have accused the government of "embarrassing" the UK.

The Internal Market Bill will be debated in the Commons on Monday.

The bill would go against the Withdrawal Agreement, signed by the UK and EU earlier this year.

It addresses the Northern Ireland Protocol - the part of the Agreement designed to prevent a hard border returning to the island of Ireland.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54135231

Boris may be getting too big for his boots.

Despite having a Parliamentary lead of around eighty seats there are a growing number of Tories who are against him on this issue.

Yeah, Boris is walking on some thin ice right now. His name could very well be mud come next year.

He is making quite a gamble.

Boris Johnson says powers will ensure UK cannot be 'broken up' but I'd say he's doing a pretty good job of that himself, especially where Scotland is concerned.

If he did not like it, he shouldn't have signed it. Its a formality of legal consequences so potentially harmful that it is the only thing I care about in this. I may see the Irish question like him, or not - it does not matter. Pacta sunt servanda. That is the only object of interest right now.



I do not know what legal ways therer are to formally end that withdrawel agreement in total. If that is the way out, so be it. Of course, every treaty can be started - and also ended again, even if it says it should have eternal validity. Such clause of course always is invalid since it never can be seen as valid in the first. Like you can begin a memberhsip, you must also be able to leave the member's club.



But the formally legal ways should be followed, else nobody will have trust to sign a teaty with the offender again. Its so simple to understand. And he nevertheless tries to ape around it. Idiot.



Oh, I think he will fail this time.

Bozo should give that Poison Dwarf up in Scotland another chance to win their independence, if she gets another chance of one I hope the little currant wins it. Good luck Scotland and a big **** off from from me and millions of like minded people. :haha:

As for Bozo and this Brexit fiasco he should 3 line whip the bastards into line, we'll see then if those MPs have got the bottle for a fight instead of cowering behind the backbench mouthpieces. Go get em Bozo.

Dont be so tribal against scotland!
Anyway Jimmy Cranky (as Jim calls her) is in freefall at the moment.
And the SNP's popularity is starting to wane. cant say im too surprised with some of the insane policies they have been peddling recently, particularly when it comes to policing speech.

Some people just can't balance power and responsibility.

I think before coming out with statements like that one above Skybird one must assess the publics mood on the subject, anything that removes the EU's involvement in British affairs will get a Brexiteer thumbs up from me and millions of others as well.
Its time these London Journalists got out and about and into the heartlands of England to ask them what they think about all this nonsense, I'm sure they would all go whimpering back to that rathole they came from with more than a flea in their ear. :haha:

Yeah, that's how I feel about SLAVERY, I'm right there with you. Tired of hearing about it.

A proposed law giving Boris Johnson's government the power to override parts of the Brexit agreement with the EU has passed its first hurdle in the Commons.

MPs backed the Internal Market Bill by 340 votes to 263.

Ministers say it contains vital safeguards to protect Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, if negotiations on a future trade deal break down.

But critics, including a number of Tory MPs, warned it risks damaging the UK by breaching international law.

Two Tory MPs voted against the bill on Monday night - Sir Roger Gale and Andrew Percy - while a further 30 abstained, although some of those may not have been for political reasons.

Although the government has a majority of 80 in the Commons, it is braced for further rebellions in the coming weeks as the legislation receives detailed scrutiny.

Several prominent Conservatives, including former Chancellor Sajid Javid - who appeared to abstain on Monday - have said they could not support the final bill unless it is amended.

But Home Secretary Priti Patel insisted it put the "safeguards and mechanisms in place to ensure that we stay true to the people of Northern Ireland".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-54156419

Oi, don't get Scotland and Glasgow mixed up, matey!:timeout: The Weegies like to think they ARE Scotland but they aren't.

Never underestimate the stupidity of Weegie left-wingers - they mindlessly voted Labour before and they're just as mindlessly voting for the SNP now.

Mike.

I'd never heard the term weegies before today so I looked the word up, mind boggling to say the least, my apologies to all none weegies.

Just 1 definition of the slang word Weegie, there's more but this one says it all, I've no idea who wrote it or why they even think a weegie is the scum of the earth, there's some strange people about these days. :o

I reckon a lot of people will take a lot of convincing.

Let's just say that Glaswegians of a certain sort are viewed in the same way in Scotland as Scousers of the same sort are in England.:03:

There's a fair bit in common between the Clyde Valley and Merseyside, but at least the latter doesn't make up 40% of England's population.:doh:

Mike.