In a scathing speech to the House of Commons, the former prime minister said that legislation unilaterally submitted by the government would violate international law and the UK would lose the respect of countries elsewhere in the world. And he told lawmakers he did not believe Mr Johnson’s controversial plan would solve the problems created by his decision to draw up a customs border in the Irish Sea with his Brexit deal – something “no prime minister has said before”. the United Kingdom could never agree. “
