Boris Johnson and Liz Truss among 22 Tory rebels voting against deal agreed with European Commission
Rishi Sunak has escaped an overly damaging Commons rebellion over his revised plan for post-Brexittrade, winning a vote on the measure with 22 of his own MPs voting against the deal.
While this is a larger rebellion than expected earlier this week, some had forecast as many as 30 or 40 Tories could reject the measure after Johnson and Truss announced on Wednesday they would be voting against it. “It passed very solidly with Conservative votes and that is because it is a good deal for people, for families, for businesses in Northern Ireland,” he said.
Steve Baker, a Northern Ireland minister who was formerly a leading backbench Conservative Brexiter, told Sky News that Johnson had “got a choice” with his vote: “He can be remembered for great acts of statecraft that he achieved or he can risk looking like a pound-shop Nigel Farage. And I hope he chooses to be remembered as a statesman.”
The result will also bring credit to Chris Heaton-Harris, another staunch Tory Brexiter, who is now Northern Ireland secretary.
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