Dishonest Brussels' stand-off with Boris Johnson is bordering on absurd

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'Dishonest Brussels' stand-off with Boris Johnson is bordering on absurd'

WILL the EU budge? Boris Johnson would plainly rather have a deal if he can get one, and he is right to want one. We should leave on friendly terms if we can.

So far, though, all the concessions have come from our side. We are offering to pay more than we owe, to let EU judges rule here, to carry on as non-voting members for two years.Credit: EPA The one thing we can’t accept is that the EU should continue to run our trade policy with non-EU countries after we leave.

doesn’t put it like that, of course. Instead, rather cleverly, it pretends the issue is avoiding a hard border in Ireland.has made clear from the start that it won’t install frontier checks.There is a dishonesty in the EU’s position. It says that there must be a backstop to prevent a hard border.MPs have voted that nonsense down three times, and they’re right.

 

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It's all well and good slagging off the backstop, but what is your alternative?

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