Boris Johnson has exposed Britain to a trade war with the EU as his government tonight began ripping up the Brexit deal his own government struck with Brussels barely three years ago.
The Prime Minister said his plans to unilaterally redraw the Northern Ireland protocol were "not a big deal" when he published them last month, despite millions of working families living in fear of the looming cost of living crisis.
He claimed legislation, which reneges on the UK's 2019 agreement and is set to clear its latest Commons hurdle tonight, does not break international and is "trivial", despite growing Tory unease.
