Boris Johnson recently explained to Tory MPs why he was so incensed by Hilary Benn’s Brexit delay mandating legislation, which he has taken to calling the “surrender bill” .
The Prime Minister had been getting along well with European leaders in his renegotiation mission, to the extent that – as one MP recounted being told – Angela Merkel turned to Donald Tusk to insist a deal needed to be hammered out “that Johnson can sign “.
Tory colleagues were told how the face of the European Council’s chief fell on hearing this. But then the pressure had been eased on his European counterparts, Mr Johnson complained, because he had his “legs chopped off” by the legislation pushed through Parliament.
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