British media attack Boris Johnson and government over Brexit backflip

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s backtracking on the Brexit agreement has drawn scorn from newspapers at home and abroad (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

A shameful application for rogue state status, a deliberate step that will destroy Britain’s moral authority on the world stage and harm its position in international trade, and an unsurprising move from a Prime Minister who cannot be trusted.

These are some of the ways the media in Britain and Europe have described Boris Johnson’s decision to tear up the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement he signed only last year.