Johnson accuses EU for ‘food blockade’ on UK

 

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson; Photo: Collected

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accused the European Union of threatening to tear the UK apart by imposing a food “blockade” between Britain and Northern Ireland, throwing new fuel on the fire of simmering Brexit talks.

According to Daily Telegraph, Johnson said the EU’s stance justified his government’s introduction of new legislation to rewrite its Brexit withdrawal treaty — a bill that is causing deep alarm among former prime ministers and his own MPs. Read more