During a segment on GB News, Mr Farage and Baroness Hoey warned the Prime Minister's first job is to protect the integrity of the UK. In order to do so, they claimed Mr Johnson must invoke Article 16 even if it causes issues with the EU. Commenting on the story, one Express.co.uk reader said: "Nigel - Of course, spot on the money!
"We voted - 'To Take Back Control', remember your mantra Bojo?
"We did not vote to allow the EU to tell us where & we can send 'Internal Goods'
"Got that Boris - Do something Johnson, like 'grow a spine'?"
Away from the warnings to Mr Johnson, a trade deal with New Zealand is on the verge of being completed as insiders have revealed an agreement is close to being announced.
Ms Truss is now nearing yet another deal in the Asia-Pacific region, insiders have claimed.
The Trade Secretary is now locked in final talks on a ￡2.3billion trade deal to ditch tariffs and increase business ties with the Commonwealth state. Once agreed, Brits will be able to enjoy cut prices on products such as wine and fruit.
As reported by The Sun, the deal is expected to be agreed upon "imminently".
The deal will also be the next step in the UK's path to joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
The CPTPP includes countries such as: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam.
In 2019, UK exports of goods and services to CPTPP countries amounted to ￡58billion which was 8.4 percent of all UK exports.
Imports were ￡53 billion which was 7.3 percent of the UK total.
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12.55pm update: Northern Ireland chaos as EU ‘took advantage of UK disarray’ to impose ‘advantageous’ deal
The EU "took advantage" of the "political disarray" surrounding the signing of the Northern Ireland Protocol to impose a deal that was "maximally advantageous" to Brussels, an unearthed account claims.
The Protocol, which was signed by the Government in 2019, is part of Britain’s post-Brexit arrangements with the EU to govern trade after it left the bloc.
This part of the agreement aims to ensure that there is no hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Northern Ireland left the EU with the rest of the UK last year but remains in the EU’s single market for goods.
In theory the Protocol is supposed to maintain the flows of unrestricted trade between Northern Ireland and Britain.
However, strict customs checks on British goods arriving in Northern Ireland have caused chaos for local businesses.
12.05pm update: UK calls on insight into India trade deal
The UK's chief negotiator for the Department for Trade and lead to CPTTP and India, Graham Zebedee called on the public to provide insight on what they want from a trade deal with the state.
He said: "Never mind the transfer deadline - this is the big one.
"Please tell us what you’d like to see in a UK-India free trade agreement by tonight.
"Thanks to the many individuals, organisations and companies who’ve already done so."
11.12am update: Eurozone crisis as German academics turn back on 'soft' single currency
The Eurozone is becoming a "soft currency" warn German academics, who are starting to turn their backs on the European Union's legal tender.
Despite the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on global economics, the eurozone’s economy grew 2.2 percent in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the first quarter.
However, German academics have voiced their fears about the long-term future of the eurozone, saying repealing EU economic treaties has “dire consequences”.
Thomas Mayer, founding director of the Flossbach von Storch Research Institute, suggested that since the 2010 Euro crisis “regulatory principles set out in the EU treaties have gradually been repealed”.
10.16am update: Boris Johnson warned to stand up to the EU
Speaking on GB News, Nigel Farage and Baroness Hoey claimed invoking Article 16 would send "shockwaves across the EU".
After their warning, Express.co.uk readers said: "Nigel - Of course, spot on the money! We voted - 'To Take Back Control', remember your mantra Bojo?
"We did not vote to allow the EU to tell us where & we can send 'Internal Goods'
"Got that Boris - Do something Johnson, like 'grow a spine'?"
Article 16 was included in the Brexit deal and allows either side to take unilateral action if the agreement is causing undue harm.
9.29am update: Barnier lashes out at 'arrogant and dictatorial' Macron in extraordinary attack
Michel Barnier has branded Emmanuel Macron "arrogant and dictatorial" in a blistering rant live on national television in an apparent attempt to distance himself from the man he is challenging for the French Presidency next year.
The EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator and member of the Republicans party on Thursday confirmed his decision to run.
And he wasted little time attacking the current occupant of Elysee Palace, accused him of numerous “failures” since his election in 2017.
Speaking to Europe 1, the 70-year-old claimed the COVID-19 pandemic, which has included a system of mandatory vaccinations for some key workers, indicated Mr Macron’s government "didn’t trust local communities, regions, departments and municipalities, which have nevertheless shown agility, efficiency and flexibility".
8.55am update: 'Goodbye backward EU, Hello superior future!' Britons rejoice at huge ￡9TN trade prize
Liz Truss has received yet more deserved praise with Brexit Britain looking set to be joining a mammoth ￡9trillion free-trade partnership by December 2022 - which could largely replace EU trade.
International Trade Secretary Liz Truss is hopeful of concluding negotiations to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) by the end of next year. The multi-trillion pound bloc consists of Australia, Canada, Japan and Singapore, as well as Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru and Vietnam.
Ms Truss insisted talks with the 11 members of the CPTPP are central to the Government's “Global Britain” post-Brexit trade agenda.
Reacting to our initial story, one Express.co.uk reader said: "Goodbye to the backwards-looking EU superstate and hello to the open trade club of individualistic sovereignty loving faster-growing Pacific nations.
"Infinitely superior trade future."
8.15am update: Redwood exposes key inconsistency in Brexit blame game 'It's Germany and Poland too!'
Brexiteer John Redwood has exposed an inconsistency in attempts to blame a shortage of lorry drivers on Britain being outside of the EU.
Tory MP John Redwood has blasted attempts to pin a shortage of heavy goods vehicle drivers in the UK on Brexit.
Mr Redwood has argued that the lack of drivers "isn't a Brexit issue," he pointed to similar difficulties faced in EU member states such as Poland and Germany, as well as the US.
Instead, the MP insisted that issues with working conditions, training, and retention had led to the crisis in the industry.
7.46am update: So long, Brussels! UK's incredible global trade options laid out by delighted Brexiteer
Britain can now look to forge long-lasting, mutual beneficial trade deals with countries outside the European Union after severing ties with the bloc and all its associated red tape, Brexiteer and former Labour Party MP Baroness Hoey has said.
The peer, previously Kate Hoey, MP for Vauxhall until she stood before the last general election, was announced as Britain’s new trade envoy to Ghana earlier this month.
She told Express.co.uk Brexit would also help Britain to put a stop to Brussels’ exploitation of developing countries - by cutting out the EU as the middleman.
7.35am update: Liz Truss nearing New Zealand deal
As reported by The Sun, Ms Truss is set to agree to a deal with the Commonwealth state "imminently".
The deal will cut tariffs on products such as wine and apples.
A deal with the state is also the latest move in the UK's tilt to become a dominant player in the Asia-Pacific region.