Tony Blair, John Major blast UK govt for 'shocking' plan to breach international law

Former UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and John Major blasted British government over its intention to break divorce treaty with European Union through a new Internal Market Bill. In a joint letter published by Sunday Times, two leers urged members of Parliament to boycott bill, accusing government of “embarrassing” country.

“What is being proposed w is shocking,” former political versaries wrote.

Earlier, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson h said that a -deal exit would be a “good outcome for UK”, triggering strong reactions from EU and Labour Party at home. post-Brexit tre talks between UK and European Union has descended into acrimony after Johnson hinted at a willful violation of divorce treaty.

Blair and Major said that overt repudiation of treaty strikes at very heart of withdrawal agreement. duo ded that re are rey mechanisms like negotiations and independent arbitration within agreement to resolve issues bu government chose to igre those options.

“Inste, it has thrown withdrawal treaty into uncertainty and given EU genuine reason to question wher Britain can be relied upon in any future tre agreements with EU,” y wrote.

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UK facing backlash

UK has alrey been facing backlash for its “intransigent and unrealistic” attitude during Brexit tre talks, leing to a stalemate after several rounds of negotiations. German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said that British ecomy would face “consequences” if United Kingdom decides to break divorce agreement with new domestic legislation. 

After a meeting of EU finance ministers in Berlin, Scholz told reporters that -deal Brexit would have “very significant” consequences for British ecomy. He insisted that Europe has been preparing for transition and would be able to deal with it, stressing that re won’t be particularly difficult consequences for bloc.

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