John Major warns Boris Johnson’s ‘neuralgic’ supporters must not sabotage Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal

Former PM defends Sunak’s attempts to improve on ‘pretty poor’ protocol deal struck by Johnson

Sir John Major has warned Boris Johnson and his “neuralgic” Tory supporters not to sabotage Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal withe the EU.

In a stinging attack the former prime minister ambasted the “pretty poor” Brexit deal achieved by Mr Johnson, and praised Mr Sunak for trying to resolve Northern Ireland’s trade problems.

Mr Sunak and EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen are set to sign off on a new Northern Ireland Protocol deal on Monday, despite Tory Eurosceptics warning that the “devil is in the detail”.