Last week, Mr Johnson warned Mr Sunak it would be a ‘great mistake’ to drop the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill. No one will be surprised if their mishandling of this comes back to bite them.’ They should have engaged Boris and other senior Brexiteers on this weeks ago. One said: ‘The Government has failed to engage and roll the pitch with Brexiteers. The Brexiteers say No 10 should have involved Mr Johnson in discussions about the negotiations. No 10 sources told The Mail on Sunday that the EU had ‘gone way outside their comfort zone’ by agreeing to make changes to the protocol, having originally maintained that the treaty could not be renegotiated.īut Tory Brexiteers are sceptical about the talks, believing it is a mistake for the Prime Minister to scrap Boris Johnson’s Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, which would allow the UK unilaterally change parts of the deal, in favour of direct negotiation with the EU. It is understood that the proposed agreement will involve reducing the border checks between the UK mainland and Northern Ireland, and limiting the role of the European Court of Justice in resolving disputes. The meeting – whose cancellation was put down to ‘operational reasons’ – would have been likely to raise questions about the judgment of both No 10 and the Palace. But it could have given the impression the King was giving his blessing to a controversial political issue. Such an unusual encounter – and at such a sensitive time – may have helped win over unionists, whose support is crucial if new trading arrangements are to be agreed. The new row follows the last-minute cancellation of a planned meeting between Charles and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen yesterday, just as the contentious talks between London and Brussels near their conclusion. Now it seems to suit them to send him on an EU schmooze.’ Remainers always went insane when there was any suggestion of the Royal Family being involved in Brexit. One Brexit strategist said: ‘Dragging His Majesty into this is a major misstep by No 1 0. Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is said to be close to agreeing a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol with Ursula von der Leyenīut leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg warned Mr Sunak against using the monarch for his ‘own transient political imperatives’.
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