Rishi Sunak repeating Theresa May’s Brexit mistakes, says Rees-Mogg

Failure to win over groups ‘similar to what happened with Theresa May’, says ex-minister

Rishi Sunak is falling into the same trap as Theresa May on Brexit, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said amid a mounting Brexiteer backlash against his proposals to end the UK-EU protocol row.

The former cabinet minister said the tactics being followed by the prime minister were like those used by Ms May – brought down at No 10 over her failure to get agreement on Brexit deals.

Mr Rees-Mogg said Mr Sunak had failed to get the DUP and hardliners in the European Research Group (ERG) before briefing newspapers on his planned deal for the Northern Ireland Protocol.