House of Lords rejects Boris Johnson's treaty-breaking Brexit laws

Far from backing down, however, the government said it would retable the contentious clauses when the bill returns to the House of Commons

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a heavy defeat in parliament’s upper chamber on Monday over proposed laws which would allow him to breach Britain’s EU exit treaty — a plan that has been criticised by US president elect Joe Biden.

The Internal Market Bill is designed to protect trade between Britain’s four nations after Brexit. It contains clauses ministers say are needed to protect Northern Ireland’s delicate status as part of the United Kingdom, but would also break international law in a “specific and limited” way.

The House of Lords voted to strip those clauses from the bill in