Inside Politics: Boris Johnson unveils government’s law-breaking bill

As legislation to override the withdrawal agreement is revealed, the prime minister faces a tough time in front of MPs on the liaison committee, writes Adam Forrest

Boris Johnson at Downing Street (Reuters)

A small quake can give you quite a shake. The good people of Leighton Buzzard are papering over cracks in their walls and cleaning up tea spills after a sudden 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit the town “like a large explosion”. What about the latest of Boris Johnson’s semi-regular political earthquakes? There’s plenty of spilled milk to cry over as his government introduces a new bill to override the withdrawal agreement today – the one that breaks international law. Will the legislative explosion shake up trade deal negotiations?

Inside the bubble

Our policy correspondent Jon Stone on what to look out for on Wednesday: