Comments by UK Brexit secretary, Stephen Barclay
- There is still sufficient time to get a Brexit deal
- UK believes that backstop can be replaced
All the more reason why a deal will never materialise, as both sides continue to maintain their red lines on the matter. You can sense the breakdown in communication between the UK and the EU just by the comments this week.
On the one hand, the UK says that the backstop can be replaced. On the other, the EU is still waiting on concrete proposals to replace the backstop. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
