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<\/picture><\/span>EPA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nRishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal for Northern Ireland has been passed by MPs, despite a rebellion from 22 of his backbenchers.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Ex-PMs Boris Johnson and Liz Truss were among Tories joining Northern Ireland’s DUP in voting against the agreement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n But it passed by 515 to 29 overall, with the backing of other Tories, Labour and the SNP.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The deal, unveiled last month, rewrites the Brexit accord agreed by Mr Johnson in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Northern Ireland Minister Steve Baker denounced the two former PMs for opposing it, saying he thought “they’re both better than this”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mr Johnson risks “looking like a pound shop Nigel Farage” by voting against the deal, added Mr Baker, who supported the UK’s EU exit in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Former Brexit leader Nigel Farage fired back on Twitter, saying Mr Baker had betrayed his Brexiteer credentials and was a “weasel” for supporting the deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Mark Francois, the chair of the ERG group of Eurosceptic Tories, confirmed earlier its “strong recommendation” was for Tory MPs to defy orders from party managers and reject the deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n As well as Mr Johnson and Ms Truss, Tory MPs voting against the deal included former party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith and former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Priti Patel, who was home secretary under Mr Johnson, also voted against, writing in the Telegraph before the vote that Mr Sunak should “negotiate a better deal”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The vote is on a key part of the deal, known as the Stormont brake, that would give a future Northern Ireland Assembly a way to challenge new EU goods legislation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The vote is likely to be the only vote MPs get on Mr Sunak’s renegotiated deal, known as the Windsor Framework.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n