British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday told MPs in the U.K. House of Commons that a bill put forward that would break international law by breaching parts of the Brexit divorce deal was needed because the European Union would not take "a revolver off the table" during trade talks.

Johnson accused the EU of threatening to use the withdrawal treaty agreed on in January to put up trade barriers between mainland Britain and Northern Ireland, and even to impose a food blockade.

Opposition MPs accused Johnson of trashing the country's reputation by putting forward the bill. The Labour Party's policy chief on business, Ed Miliband, also commented on some of Johnson's predecessors, including former prime minister David Cameron, criticizing the bill.

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