Quote Originally Posted by gogobongopop View Post
I know you're desperate for any good news in all this, but literally nothing has changed in the last few days. If a solution to the Irish border problem can be found the backstop isn't needed. That's always been the case.
He seems to think that he found a clever "gotcha!"

When in reality things went like this:

EU: "So, to keep things compatible with the GFA we need a solution."
GB: "Well, what about A, B, C?"
EU: "Yeah, we need something that works. And by 'works' we mean like, in a working condition in time for your exit, not at some unspecified date in the next two decades."
GB: "What about a backstop then? We keep the UK aligned with the EU in all necessary ways until we have found a concrete, working solution?"
EU: "That would work, yes."

That has always been our position, Rand: The backstop is only needed for as long as there's no concrete implementation of a solution. If you come up with something that works, great! The backstop is not needed.