Boris Johnson warns EU will use Irish backstop as "blackmail" (Image: GETTY)
The former Foreign Secretary who openly opposes Theresa’s May’s Brexit deal said it would be “detrimental” to the UK and risks the country becoming an “economic colony of Brussels”. He added the UK will be in a “weak” position if the Prime Minister’s deal is voted through. The Conservative MP highlighted taxpayers’ would hand over huge sums of money to the EU for “nothing in return”.
Writing in The Daily Telegraph Mr Johnson said: “We will be legally and politically at the mercy of Brussels, since we will be obliged to accept all EU legislation, during the so-called implementation period.
“Worst of all, the Irish backstop arrangement gives the EU an indefinite means of blackmail.
“They will be able to keep us locked in the customs union and large parts of the single market unless we are prepared to abandon Northern Ireland.
“They will use this blackmail to get their way throughout
