Letters: Susanne MacGregor, Colin Armstrong, Andrew Anderson, Tom Swallow and Declan McGonagle respond to Simon Jenkins. Plus Andy Buck on the threat to peace
Simon Jenkins is right . To sell this to the people, Boris Johnson would need to present it as a victory. The compromise would be for the EU to postpone the backstop to the end of the two-year transition period – Johnson could sell this as them removing the backstop from the withdrawal agreement . That gives the Brexiters about 18 months to come up with workable alternative arrangements.
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