Negotiate
And are they really going to let a deal slip through their fingers for the sake of the backstop?
Parliament has instructed Theresa May to go back to the EU and reopen negotiations on the Irish Backstop. The EU mandarins have already said the negotiations cannot be reopened.
It will be interesting to see how this pans out. If history tells us anything it's that the EU always say “it can't be done”, and then at the last minute decide it can. They might dress a deal up in all sorts of legalese, but essentially they will break their own rules if necessary.
And are they really going to let a deal slip through their fingers for the sake of the backstop? I have a suspicion they won't.
30th January 2019