Britain’s internal battle over Brexit has reached a new low. Ahead of a crucial round of talks between London and Brussels over the future trading relationship between the UK and the European Union, the British government made a startling admission: That it would be prepared to break the terms of an international treaty. The threat was relatively technical — over an aspect of the withdrawal agreement that allowed the UK to leave the EU at the end of January — but the admission by a government minister in the House of Commons sent shockwaves through diplomatic circles and raised questions about whether the UK can be … (full story)