RE: My average of 35721 Aug 2019 21:05
Johnson welcomed the Chancellor's "blistering timetable" and insisted that Britain was actively seeking a new deal with the EU.
"We do need that backstop removed. But if we can do that then I'm absolutely certain we can move forward together," he said.
However, he repeated his insistence that Britain could not sign up to the Northern Ireland "backstop" element of the current deal, which is designed to prevent a hard border with Ireland.
Under the terms of the backstop, the UK could be kept indefinitely within EU trading and customs rules, in order to prevent border checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.