Jacob Rees-Mogg and his allies say that the PM’s deal would render the UK a vassal stateA Eurosceptic group of Conservative MPs has produced what it calls a “plain English” case against the prime minister’s proposed deal on Britain’s future relationship with the EU. The European Reform Group (ERG) of Tory MPs, led by Jacob Rees-Mogg, have produced a document that says the deal presented to the commons last week after months of negotiations in Brussels does not “take back control” and that the UK would be “locked in a customs union without the ability to leave”, undermining the integrity of the country as Northern Ireland would a ‘rule taker’ from Brussels on goods, agricultural products and VAT, creating “a border down the Irish Sea”. The group says that the UK would become “a ‘vassal state’ many of whose laws which…

Source: The Times November 18, 2018 12:11 UTC