Brexit: Eustice defends threat to override EU withdrawal agreement as just tidying up ‘loose ends’ – live

Government confirms it is preparing legislation that would apparently allow it to override parts of withdrawal agreement

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And this is from Simon Coveney, Ireland’s foreign minister, on the latest Brexit initiative from No 10.

This would be a very unwise way to proceed. #Brexit .
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This is from Louise Haigh, Labour’s Northern Ireland spokeswoman, on the government’s apparent threat to override the withdrawal agreement. She said:

It beggars belief that the government is – yet again – playing a dangerous game in Northern Ireland and sacrificing our international standing at the altar of the prime minister’s incompetence.

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