# backstop - Wednesday 9 September, 2020
# Backstop
# Backstop
There are 113 days to go…
# backstop - Friday 25 October, 2019
# Loyalists
# Loyalists
Foster told PA that some loyalists were contemplating violent resistance to any Brexit deal.
# backstop - Friday 18 October, 2019
# Borderline Brexit
# Borderline Brexit
Residents living in frontier towns along the Irish border say they are hoping for “clarity” going forward.
# backstop - Thursday 17 October, 2019
# New Deal
# New Deal
After almost two years of back-and-forth, a new Brexit withdrawal deal was agreed today.
# Brexit
# Brexit
The new agreement will now need to be approved by the House of Commons.
# backstop - Tuesday 15 October, 2019
# 11th Hour
# 11th Hour
Speculation is mounting that a breakthrough in Brexit negotiations is imminent.
# backstop - Sunday 13 October, 2019
# Back To The Backstop
# Back To The Backstop
The DUP position changed dramatically when Boris Johnson published his Brexit plan.
# backstop - Tuesday 8 October, 2019
# Backstop
# Backstop
“Boris is compromising and I suspect may have to move a bit more. And the EU should compromise too.”
# backstop - Saturday 5 October, 2019
# backstop - Friday 4 October, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Simon Coveney has said the UK’s Brexit proposals contain ‘significant problems’.
# Backstop
# Backstop
Scotland’s highest civil court will hear two cases in the space of five days that could compel Boris Johnson to extend Brexit negotiations.
# backstop - Thursday 3 October, 2019
# Backstop
# Backstop
So far, European leaders have reacted coolly to his plan.
# backstop - Wednesday 2 October, 2019
# The Irish Question
# The Irish Question
Leo Varadkar, who spoke with Boris Johnson this evening, said the plans do not fully meet “the agreed objectives of the backstop ”.
# Backstop
# Backstop
In a letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Johnson said the backstop was “a bridge to nowhere”.
# Brexit
# Brexit
Boris Johnson said the UK’s proposals were “good and creative”, “very constructive and far-reaching”.
# backstop - Tuesday 1 October, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
The Tánaiste described the so-called “non-paper” as a “non-starter”.
# backstop - Sunday 29 September, 2019
# Brexit Party
# Brexit Party
The Irish government’s refusal to outline what a hard border would look like in a no-deal Brexit has caused confusion among Brexiteers.
# backstop - Friday 27 September, 2019
# 35 Days To Go
# 35 Days To Go
The meeting took place against the backdrop of a chaotic week in UK politics.
# backstop - Monday 23 September, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Richard Tice, an MEP for the East of England, also explained trade across the Northern Irish border by comparing it to a jar of Smarties.
# backstop - Sunday 22 September, 2019
# Backstop
# Backstop
“The British have to tell us exactly the architectural nature of this border,” the European Commission president told Sky News, “I don’t like it, a hard border.”
# backstop - Saturday 21 September, 2019
# Newport
# Newport
In what was an electoral stronghold for the Labour Party, Nigel Farage’s Brexit movement is gathering momentum.
# backstop - Thursday 19 September, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Juncker said he had a “rather positive” meeting with Johnson in Luxembourg on Monday.
# backstop - Wednesday 18 September, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
The DUP leader made the suggestion to journalists in Dublin this evening.
# backstop - Monday 16 September, 2019
# First Meeting
# First Meeting
A Downing Street spokesperson has also confirmed that EU and UK talks will soon take place daily.
# backstop - Tuesday 10 September, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
The party met with the UK prime minister today.
# backstop - Monday 9 September, 2019
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# backstop - Friday 6 September, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
The two leaders have very different views on Brexit.
# backstop - Monday 2 September, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Two dates for a potential meeting with Boris Johnson next week are being considered.
# backstop - Sunday 1 September, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Opposition MP Sir Keir Starmer said Gove’s comments were “breathtaking”.
# backstop - Friday 30 August, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Boris Johnson has vowed to ‘up the tempo’ on talks to remove the backstop ahead of Brexit.
# backstop - Saturday 24 August, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Johnson has said the European Union must drop its insistence on the Irish backstop to avoid a “no-deal” Brexit.
# backstop - Thursday 22 August, 2019
# Brexit Deadline
# Brexit Deadline
Reports of Merkel’s ’30-day Brexit deadline’ dominate the UK front pages.
# More Talks
# More Talks
Coveney said the UK backstop alternatives will ‘badly hit’ Ireland and its economy.
# backstop - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
# Talks
# Talks
Johnson will seek to convince the German Chancellor to renegotiate elements of the Brexit deal.
# backstop - Tuesday 20 August, 2019
# Brexit
# Brexit
Donald Tusk has re-iterated the EU’s commitment to the backstop .
# backstop - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
# A Divided Union
# A Divided Union
He said that claims a no-deal Brexit would be positive were “absurd”, and called Johnson’s pledge to bin the backstop “wrecking”.
# backstop - Thursday 8 August, 2019
# Podcast
# Podcast
This week on The Explainer podcast, we look at the backstop , and why it is such a major issue for Brexit.
# backstop - Wednesday 7 August, 2019
# Backstop
# Backstop
The finance minister said British chancellor Sajid Javid is “absolutely committed” to Britain leaving the EU by 31 October.
# backstop - Friday 2 August, 2019
# Border
# Border
Britain leaving the EU without a deal seems increasingly likely.
# Brexit Explained
# Brexit Explained
Should it be for a limited period of time or not? Should it apply to the UK as a whole, or just Northern Ireland?
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