One senior Tory has told Sky News that planned legislation on the Northern Ireland Protocol is 'clearly not in the national interest but is about appeasing the ERG'.
Briefings notes laying out reasons to vote against the bill have already been circulating among MPs critical of the plan.In the run-up to last week's confidence vote, Boris Johnson was keen to conflate attempts to oust him with longstanding unhappiness over Brexit.Government to set out legality of NI Protocol
Portraying rebels as embittered europhiles is a more attractive narrative for Number 10 than fronting up to the reality that there are deep-seated concerns held by MPs from all corners of the party. But turning questions about leadership into questions about Brexit moves the prime minister onto safer territory and engages him in a fight he fully relishes having.Tomorrow will see the Rwanda asylum policy back in the courtroom after a weekend whenalso appears on the horizon with the transport secretary already spoiling for a fight with talk of"Marxist union barons blackmailing the country".
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