It’s been a while since Boris Johnson picked a really big fight with Brussels. It looks very much like the prime minister is set to spark another major bust-up with the EU over the terms of the Brexit deal he signed back in 2020.
The government is said to be preparing fresh legislation to tear up the parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol it doesn’t like, a move sure to provoke a strong reaction from the European Commission. Could Britain be about to enter trade war territory with its closest neighbours during a cost-of-living crisis?
