Stephen Barclay is to hold talks with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier after ‘promising’ talks between Boris Johnson and Leo Varadkar. Talks will need to go very well if a deal is to be approved around the 17th October EU summit, with problems still arising over the backstop in Ireland, with Ireland so far refusing to budge from their positions, with only the UK slightly compromising.
Gerry thinks they need to get a deal soon to provide certainty…