Key Tory Brexiteers set to back new Northern Ireland deal despite Johnson warning

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : It is understood the EU has been kept up to date with the shape of the Government's package of measures.
50% : Mr Rees-Mogg was among Leavers who expressed concerns about a so-called screening mechanism for all new UK laws that will require ministers to make a statement if they create new trade barriers with Northern Ireland by diverging from EU rules followed in the region under the terms of Brexit.
47% : "We must at all costs avoid a return to anything remotely like the disastrous 'Chequers' formula whereby artificial concerns about the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland are used to keep the whole of the UK in alignment with EU rules.
38% : "This is a result of this spineless, weak-kneed, Brexit-betraying Government, refusing to take on the EU and its interference in Northern Ireland," he said.
35% : "Former prime minister Boris Johnson, who led the Brexit campaign, meanwhile warned against a return to Theresa May's hated Chequers plan, which would have seen the UK aligning on goods rules with Northern Ireland, and therefore the EU to avoid checks on trade between the region and the mainland in the Irish sea.

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