Boris Johnson is to set out his proposals for a new Brexit deal to the Commons as the EU prepares to mount a response. With Brussels continually saying that they want to avoid no-deal, the logic for them is surely to accept this new deal, given it is the only option for both parties, and compromises on the Irish backstop.
Gerry knows that this deal will be bad economically for the UK but also thinks it is the only way of a voiding the catastrophe of no-deal…