Conor Gearty on the challenge to the Irish protocol:‘the rule of law’ is out

The UK government has published a bill which threatens to depart from its long-standing advocacy of ‘the rule of law’ in international affairs. This will no doubt incur great damage to the UK’s sense of self, writes Conor Gearty (LSE). Before getting to the remarkable turn the UK government is inviting Parliament to make concerning what we can still call Brexit, it is worth recalling some background.