Former chancellor Rishi Sunak has been accused by Boris Johnson’s allies of planning to take a soft line with Brussels in the row over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements if he becomes prime minister.
Sunak, who currently has the most support among MPs in the Conservative leadership contest, on Sunday sought to reassure Eurosceptic Tories that he would take a tough stance on Brexit and “capitalise on the freedoms” it offered.
But Johnson’s supporters are determined to stop Sunak, whom they said betrayed the prime minister, and are now mounting a sustained briefing campaign against him.
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