So the backstop this am is not being put in a legal way asap - Barnier chief EU negotiator.......
Latest from the Telegraph:
"The European Union will call an emergency Brexit summit before Halloween, if negotiators miss a deadline of midnight tonight to agree a replacement for the Irish backstop.
EU leaders meet in Brussels on Thursday for what was to be the crunch Brexit meeting of heads of state and government. But they are prepared to hold another European Council to finalise a deal or agree an extension to the October 31 deadline, as the prospects of a no deal Brexit recede.
Boris Johnson is prepared to fly to the Belgian capital to get the deal “over the line” before Thursday’s meeting in Brussels."