
Emmanuel Macron puts the EU and the UK on a Brexit collision course as he insists the backstop is ‘indispensable’ and Boris Johnson warns the French president Britain will quit the bloc with or without a deal on October 31

Angela Merkel tells Boris Johnson a Brexit deal to ditch the backstop CAN be done ‘in the next 30 days’ but warns Germany is prepared for No Deal in face-to-face meeting in Berlin

Donald Tusk REJECTS Boris Johnson’s backstop demands: European Council president slams PM’s ‘unrealistic’ Brexit plan in new EU slapdown

