TORY Brexiteers today attacked Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland fix as “practically useless” in a fresh blow to No10.
But the backbench European Research Group remained tight-lipped about how they will vote when the deal is put before MPs tomorrow.
Rishi Sunak suffered another Brexit blow today
In a press conference ERG boss Mark Francois said they have not formally decided to take a position on the Windsor Framework.
The group will hold a further meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris later today.
The hardline Eurosceptics will hold a final meeting at 10:30am on Wednesday morning just hours ahead of the vote.
A senior ERG figure told HOAR that they didn’t think the group would have a united position going into the Commons showdown.
It came hours after the Democratic Unionist Party announced its MPs would “unanimously” reject Mr Sunak’s agreement with Brussels.
They ordered the PM back to the table to give Belfast a bigger say over stopping EU laws being forced on the province due to the shared land border with the Irish republic.
Tomorrow’s vote is still set to sail through the Commons with Labour votes after Sir Keir Starmer offered support.
