The UK says it has a solution to avoid an Irish border post-Brexit. But the EU says it needs an insurance policy in case it doesn’t work. Both sides are singing from two completely different hymn sheets.
EU and UK negotiators are set to meet again next week for talks on a “backstop” solution for Northern Ireland that would avoid customs and regulatory checks at its land border with Ireland after Brexit.
In a speech on Friday 20 July, UK prime minister Theresa May recommitted to...