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This is a Johnson Brexit deal – and he must be made to own it
The EU agreement oven-bakes free market capitalism into the fabric of our economy and is harmful to Britain, says CLAUDIA WEBBE MP
Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Brussels, Belgium, for a dinner with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen

TOMORROW MPs will vote on the EU-UK agreement. Boris Johnson has MPs over a barrel. 

He has apportioned just 150 minutes debating time to the near 2,000-page document that will determine the future trading relationship with our biggest trading partner. 

He will not allow us to place amendments, and the alternative to it passing is the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal. 

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