BRITISH Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won over the DUP with his latest Brexit plan – but it almost certain to be rejected by the EU. BRITISH Prime Minister Boris Johnson has won over the DUP with his latest Brexit plan – but it almost certain to be rejected by the EU. Boris Johnson wins over DUP with latest Brexit plan but Varadkar says it's 'not promising'Mr Johnson’s finally tabled his alternative proposals to the backstop this evening, including a plan for checks both on the island of Ireland and in the Irish Sea. "Nobody in Northern Ireland wants checks on the border between north and south, nobody in the Republic of Ireland wants checks on the border between north and south. As a result goods and animals moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland will have to be subjected to some checks.

Source: Irish Independent October 02, 2019 14:47 UTC