A TORY MP has sparked a furious backlash after claiming the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement should be scrapped – despite his party camapaiging on that deal last year.

The Internal Market Bill, which has its second reading in the Commons today, will allow ministers to override provisions in last year's Brexit Withdrawal Agreement relating to Northern Ireland. The Tories have admitted this would break international law in a “very specific and limited way”.

Overriding the Withdrawal Agreement means a significant shake up of state aid and spending rules, and more power being handed to London over regulations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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Bernard Jenkin, who chairs the House of Commons Liaison Committee, said the Withdrawal Agreement was "a mistake".

He added: “Much has been said about the potential to lose the respect of the international community but what will other nations think if this great and sovereign nation cannot bring itself to accept we made a mistake ratifying this agreement?

“Some of us warned about it at the time. The UK will gain respect if we extricate ourselves from the worst aspects of this agreement that have the capacity to impose laws upon our country with even less democratic legitimacy than under our previous membership of the EU.”

Twitter users from across the political spectrum hit out Jenkin's statement.

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Jenkins said last week that the Internal Market Bill will see the UK gain "international respect", despite breaking the law.

He said: "We are right to legislate to reject the Withdrawal Agreement's worst excesses and will gain international respect for doing so."

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