Boris Johnson is ‘pound-shop Nigel Farage’ for opposing Sunak Brexit deal, says Steve Baker

Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker said to have been booted out of ERG WhatsApp group after insult

Boris Johnson risks looking like a “pound shop Nigel Farage” by voting against Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal, according Tory minister Steve Barker.

In blue-on-blue Brexiteer infighting, the Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker criticised Mr Johnson’s decision to come out against the protocol compromise agreement with the EU.

The Brexit-backing minister said the former PM’s stance risked him being viewed as a pale imitation of the former UKIP and Brexit Party leader.