Ex-Tory Leader Blasts Boris Johnson For `Wilful Ignorance` Of Genocide After Commons Showdown
(World News UK)

Boris Johnson stands accused of “wilful ignorance” and “turning a blind eye” after Tory MPs voted down a Commons bid to outlaw trade deals with countries committing atrocities. The prime minister’s working majority of 87 was slashed to just 11 as MPs voted to reverse a Lords’ amendment to the Trade Bill by 319 votes to 308. The government also voted down separate attempts to exclude NHS data from trade deals and stronger scrutiny powers. Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, who led the Conservative rebellion in the Commons on Tuesday, hit out at the prime minister for...