Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Boris Johnson’s statement to MPs about his Brexit plan for a replacement to the backstop
Johnson says the UK has shown “great flexibility in the interests of reaching an accommodation with our European friends”. If the EU does not also show flexibility, the UK will have to leave the EU on 31 October without a deal.
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