Reference News Network reported on March 3 According to Reuters, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson criticized the current Prime Minister Sunak's new deal with the European Union on the post-Brexit Northern Ireland trade arrangement on the 2nd.
Johnson said Sunak had allowed the EU to retain "too much influence" in Britain.
Sunak reached a new agreement with the EU on February 27.
The EU agreed to ease trade restrictions with the UK's Northern Ireland region, partly reversing an earlier arrangement by Johnson to impose checks and paperwork on goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK.
Johnson, who was forced to resign last year amid a string of scandals, said it was his fault he didn't realize at first how "cumbersome" such checks would be.
Johnson also said the new agreement did not go far enough.
Johnson's allies have blamed Sunak for Johnson's ouster.
Johnson's attitude towards the agreement has attracted attention from all sides.
On the 2nd, he finally broke his silence and said: "I find it difficult to vote for such an agreement because I believe that is not what we should do."
The report quoted Johnson as saying: "We have to figure out what is going on. This has nothing to do with the UK taking back control... This is the EU restricting what we want to do in our own country. Not according to our laws, but according to them of."
Asked about Johnson's remarks, Sunak's spokesman said that while the prime minister "understands that people will have questions and opinions", he believed it was the best deal for the people of Northern Ireland.
(Compiler/Liu Xiaoyan) (Reference News Network)