Turning his attention to the current occupant of Number Ten, Mr Habib added: “Boris Johnson has not been any better.
“He did not challenge the false narrative, reaffirmed it and put a border down the Irish Sea, leaving Northern Ireland behind.
“Even though writing in the Telegraph on September 12 last year he confessed he had agreed the Protocol with one arm tied behind his back and that it threatened the fabric of the country, he nevertheless implemented it.”
Mr Habib said he first called for the repudiation of the Protocol on March 7, 2020 at a speech he had given to the Bruges Group think tank, and had since commented on numerous occasions, including one article in which he accused Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove of misleading the Lords EU Select Committee on the subject.
The decision by a group of loyalist paramilitaries to withdraw support for the Good Friday Agreement is a mistake and should not prompt a return to violence, Jonathan Powell a chief negotiator for the British Government in 1998 has warned.
THE EU s determination to punish the UK for Brexit has been underlined by the publication of research indicating the EU currently has 136 legal cases pending - including 46 launched SINCE Britain quit the bloc.
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The European Union has warned the UK that it is set to breach international law for the second time.
It comes after the UK Government announced plans to unilaterally extend a grace period for food imports from Britain into Northern Ireland.
It means businesses exporting food from Britain to Northern Ireland will not have to provide the necessary paperwork for a further six months.
The UKs Secretary of State in Northern Ireland Brandon Lewis said the decision was taken to help businesses because the hi-tech traceability system is not yet ready.
However, the EU has warned that the move breaches the Northern Ireland Protocol and questioned why it was taken without any discussion with Brussels.
A new cross-Channel row erupted on March 3 as Britain threatened to break the terms of the Brexit withdrawal treaty by unilaterally delaying checks on food going to Northern Ireland.