Johnson tells Tusk: We leave EU on Oct 31 whatever the circumstances

The EU are staring to realise that they may have made No Deal a certainty. They're starting to get scared.

Johsnson on the other hand will remove the backstop and bring May's surrender treaty back to parliament. He'll try to make it out to be the best deal in history, but it will still be a dog turd.

The backstop is integral to Theresa May's Withdrawal Deal, rejected on three occasions by parliament. I believe it is safe to conclude that May's agreement is in essence figmental.

It's going to be an awesome Halloween.

@itsonlyrocknroll

Correct. No Withdrawal Deal = No backstop.

I am not sure why some believe the opposite to be true.

There is already a border between R.o.I. and N.I.

There will be no hardening of this border either.

It is difficult to envisage how a hard border could be practically implemented, 499 km. I don't believe it is possible. There is also legislative issues over land ownership and mapping

The Irish border: towns, villages and topography.......

http://www.irishborderlands.com/irishborder/index.html

Tangerine2000, Boris Johnson and European Council President Donald Tusk, publicly are squabbling. However privately both are fully aware that the Withdrawal Deal will not pass through the House of Commons, well at least in it current form.

Somehow I believe a deal will materialise, Boris Johnson government has a working majority of just one seat. That a precarious position to be in. There will be all sorts of political shenanigans when Parliament resumes.