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Former UK Leaders Unite to Slam Boris Johnson on Brexit Plan

Associated Press

   Two former British prime ministers who played crucial roles in bringing
   peace to Northern Ireland joined forces Sunday to urge lawmakers to
   reject government plans to override the Brexit deal with the European
   Union, arguing that it imperils that peace and damages the U.K.'s
   reputation.

   In an article in The Sunday Times, John Major and Tony Blair slammed
   the current British government for "shaming" the country with
   legislation that, in places, goes against the very deal it signed to
   allow for the U.K.'s smooth departure from the EU earlier this year.

   Major, a Conservative prime minister from 1990 to 1997, and Blair, his
   Labour successor for a decade, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson's
   Internal Market Bill "questions the very integrity" of the U.K.

   "This government's action is shaming itself and embarrassing our
   nation," they said.
   The planned legislation, which will be debated by British lawmakers
   this week, has led to a furious outcry within the EU as it would
   diminish the bloc's previously agreed oversight of trade between
   mainland Britain and Northern Ireland if a U.K.-EU trade agreement
   isn't secured.

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