Johnson’s Brexit plans: Majority in UK House of Commons backs Boris Johnson – News

• A clear majority in the British House of Commons has spoken out in favor of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial internal market law.
• The vote was a first test of spirit for the law.
• The House of Commons should definitely vote on it in a week.

340 of the MPs voted Monday night in favor of the law with which Johnson wants to change parts of the current Brexit agreement. 263 voted against. An opposition motion to end the law had previously been rejected by a majority.

The vote is a barometer of opinion: the debate on the bill will continue in the next few days and the decisive vote will not take place for another week. After that, the law still needs to pass in the House of Lords.

Emotional debate

But already on Monday the emotions in parliament were boiling: “What incompetence! What a failed government! For example, the member of the opposition Labor Party, Ed Miliband, outraged a head of government who shook his head.

There is only one person responsible for all of this: Boris Johnson himself. However, in the debate he again defended his law as a necessary “safety net” to protect the relationship between Northern Ireland and the rest of Great Britain.

Johnson has an 80-vote majority in the House of Commons, his ruling faction had a 77-vote majority in the Monday night vote, despite several prominent party members, including former Conservative Prime Ministers David Cameron and John Major, had clearly been removed from office, had distanced themselves from the law.

Five former prime ministers warn of Johnson’s plans

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• Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has distanced himself from Boris Johnson’s plan in the Brexit dispute.
• He was concerned about breaking an international treaty, the ruling conservative said until 2016 in London on Monday.
• Before Cameron, former Conservative heads of government Theresa May and John Major, as well as Tony Blair and Gordon Brown (both Labor) had voiced harsh criticism of his successor Johnson’s plans.
• Former Attorney General Geoffrey Cox also accused Johnson of damaging Britain’s reputation.

The EU speaks of non-compliance with the law

With the Internal Market Law, the Prime Minister wants to change the exit treaty agreed with the European Union in 2019 in essential points. Specifically, these are special rules for British Northern Ireland, which are intended to avoid a hard border with the EU state Ireland and further hostilities there.

For the EU, Johnson’s move is a violation of the law. Brussels therefore asked London to surrender at the end of September. Critics fear that the proposed law could be the fatal blow to the trade agreement that will regulate future economic relations. Once the transition phase of Brexit is over, there is a risk of a break with tariffs and high no-contract trade barriers.