In openly admitting that it signed the withdrawal agreement with the EU in bad faith, Johnson’s Vote Leave government also implicitly confessed that it lied wholesale to the electorate in December’s general election. That same day, Johnson’s court gazette, The Daily Telegraph, led with the headline “Brexit deal never made sense, PM to tell EU”. Once Britain is “unchained” from the EU, Britain can do whatever it damn well pleases. This was to be achieved by electing a parliament that was absolutely committed to passing the “oven-ready” and “excellent” withdrawal agreement. There was always one level of spuriousness in this – the withdrawal agreement was not the end of anything.

Source: The Guardian September 10, 2020 13:18 UTC