BORIS JOHNSON has been warned the backstop is 'very much alive' despite his attempts to pressure the European Union to remove the controversial clause from the Brexit withdrawal agreement.
delivered without further delay as he urged Mr Varadkar to accept the backstop had to be removed from the withdrawal agreement.
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