Johnson: 'I do not want no-deal Brexit ... but we must get rid of backstop'

Boris Johnson has said the Irish backstop needs to be ditched if a Brexit divorce deal is to be struck. He has repeatedly said that if the EU continued to refuse to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement, then he would take Britain out without a deal. 'If we get rid of the backstop, whole and entire, then we are making a lot of progress,' Johnson said when asked if it was only the plan for the Irish border that he wanted changed
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