U.K.’s Johnson Threatens to Suspend Northern Ireland Brexit Deal
- Premier says will do ‘everything’ to prevent Irish Sea barrier
- Tensions have risen since EU threat to impose border controls
Trucks go through security at the Port of Larne in Northern Ireland.
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Boris Johnson threatened to suspend parts of the Brexit deal relating to Northern Ireland as a dispute escalated after the European Union’s threat to impose controls on the border in a spat over vaccine supply.
Responding in Parliament on Wednesday to claims he had “betrayed” the province by agreeing to checks on goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the prime minister said he would act.