Starmer: Johnson starts Brexit brawls to distract from Tory scandals
The Labour leader said Johnson starts fights with Brussels to distract from scandals like the Owen Paterson affair.
The UK is the first and so far only country to have left the EU and Brexit was and is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The official withdrawal was at 23:00 31 January 2020 GMT (00:00 CET).
The Labour leader said Johnson starts fights with Brussels to distract from scandals like the Owen Paterson affair.
It is the second double-decker bus to be torched in the past week, amid protests against the Northern Ireland protocol.
MPs will debate a government amendment to the environment bill on Monday evening.
Britain could withdraw from Horizon Europe and Euratom, the continent's atomic energy treaty, if relations with the EU worsen.
Johnson's much-trumpeted FTAs “barely scratch the surface of the UK’s challenge to make up the GDP lost by leaving the EU”.
Major said the dangerous move would be "silly politics" to placate "extreme Brexiteers".
The ex-PM said the Owen Paterson affair was “shameful” and had trashed the reputation of Parliament.
British companies have filled in 48 million customs declarations and 140,000 export health certificates since Britain left the EU.
EU drivers have seen their workload increasing in post-Brexit Britain but not their salaries.
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