Chequers backlash

Rising chorus of disapproval

Boris Johnson, the former foreign secretary, has led criticism of the Chequers agreement, branding it a “disaster” in his column in

The Daily Telegraph yesterday. “The scandal is not that we have failed, but that we have not even tried,” he said.

Leading Tory Eurosceptics weighed in: Jacob Rees-mogg

the leader of a 60-strong group of Eurosceptic Tory MPS, said “no deal would be better than this surrender”.

Remain Tories also made strong criticism of the Chequers plan. Justine Greening

said it was more hated than the poll tax, Nick

Boles said it has “zero” chance of success and

Tony Blair also joined attacks on the policy saying that it is “doomed to fail”.