Theresa May’s Chequers plan for UK wraps a “suicide vest” around the British constitution and hands the detonator to the EU, according to former foreign secretary Boris Johnson. The deal is a "humiliation" and opens the country to "political blackmail", Johnson further argued in a Mail on Sunday article. Johnson is leading a push by eurosceptic MPs to abandon the Chequers deal. May has refused to change the plan. Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was among the MPs to criticise Johnson's comments, saying they represented one of the most “disgusting moments” in Brexit politics.
Theresa May’s Chequers plan for Brexit wraps a “suicide vest” around the British constitution and hands the detonator to the EU, according to former foreign secretary Boris Johnson. The deal is a "humiliation" and opens the country to "political blackmail", Johnson further argued in a Mail on Sunday article. Johnson is leading a push by eurosceptic MPs to abandon the Chequers deal. May has refused to change the plan. Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was among the MPs to criticise Johnson's comments, saying they represented one of the most “disgusting moments” in UK politics.