The Express reports: “BILL CASH congratulated Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his ability to secure a Brexit trade deal with the European Union, claiming Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher “would be proud” of his success.”

Sir Bill Cash praised Boris Johnson for his success in “delivering us from 48 years of subjugation to EU laws and European court jurisdiction and regaining our sovereignty.” Sir Bill, a leading eurosceptic, this week gave his assent to the agreement after convening the European Research Group’s (ERG) “star chamber” of legal advisers to review the Brexit trade deal struck last week. Taking the floor during Wednesday’s debate, the Stone MP said: “Our Prime Minister, a great classicist, like his hero Pericles, is the first citizen of his country, and like him has saved our democracy.

Read the full article here and watch Sir William Cash’s speech here.