Johnson insists EU agreement is ‘right deal’ for UK but ‘devil is in the detail’

Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street on the agreement of a post-Brexit trade deal (Paul Grover/Daily Telegraph/PA)

Boris Johnson has begun the task of trying to persuade Eurosceptic Tories to back his Brexit trade agreement, insisting it is the “right deal” for the country.

The British Prime Minister acknowledged “the devil is in the detail” but insisted it would stand up to inspection from the European Research Group (ERG) of Brexiteers, who will assemble a panel of lawyers to examine the 1,246-page text.