Former UK Leaders Blair and Major Slam Government Plan to Breach Brexit Treaty

Sir John Major and Tony Blair speak as they walk across the Peace Bridge in Derry, Northern Ireland, on June 9, 2016. Jeff J Mitchell-WPA Pool/Getty Images

Former British prime ministers Tony Blair and John Major have issued a joint warning against the government’s plan to override parts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement, an international treaty it had negotiated and signed with the European Union.

Writing in The Sunday Times, the two former leaders warned that tearing up part of the withdrawal agreement will jeopardize peace in Northern Ireland, make it harder to negotiate trade deals, and destroy trust in Britain.