So reports the UK Times on the latest from the European Union
- has given Boris Johnson one week to make his Brexit plan acceptable
- or European Union leaders will refuse to discuss it at a crucial summit this month
- This new ultimatum, along with fundamental EU objections to his alternative to the Irish backstop, means Mr Johnson is highly unlikely to reach a deal in time for his October 31 Brexit deadline.
- European ambassadors set the October 11 cut-off date last night after Michel Barnier, the EU's lead Brexit negotiator, told them that the government needed to "fundamentally amend its position" before formal negotiations could take place.
- "We will have to make a judgment call at the end of next week with regard to deciding if it's possible to have a deal in time"
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Times reminding us of the news out a little earlier.
