Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the UK opposition Labour Party, has said he does not think the Boris Johnson's Brexit plan will get EU support, claiming it is worse than the deal negotiated by former Prime Minister Theresa May.

“It's worse than Theresa May's deal," he told reporters. "I can't see it getting support that he thinks it will get and it will take us into a regime in Britain of deregulation, of undercutting, and I think also undermining the Good Friday agreement.”

The Labour Leader also said the proposal is “very unspecific on how the Good Friday agreement can be upheld.”

The 1998 Good Friday agreement ended decades of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland. Its requirement that there be no hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland has been a major sticking point in the Brexit negotiations between the UK and the EU.

Corbyn added: “I'm sure he knows full well that what he's put forward is unlikely to be agreed. What he hasn't acknowledged is that he has a duty under the EU (No 2) Act, the act of parliament, that requires him to apply for an extension in the event of no agreement being reached.”