Whitehall Officials: Customs Arrangement and Days Thrashing

whitehall officials: Whitehall officials will spend the next few days thrashing out the detail of the proposal, under which the UK could leave a temporary customs arrangement with the EU without being forced to accept an border down the Irish sea, according to The Guardian. Brexit relies on the will of the people. The prime minister tasked her Eurosceptic attorney general, Geoffrey Cox, who has emerged as a key figure in winning the support of cabinet Brexiters, with drawing up legal plans for a review mechanism to resolve the Irish backstop issue. What if we don't know what that is Gaby Hinsliff Read more May told her cabinet to stand by their diaries with government sources suggesting that ministers could be summoned for an emergency meeting later this week to sign off the backstop proposal before presenting it to Brussels, possibly later this month. Government insiders believe that the review proposal could meet the demands of febrile Tory backbenchers by removing the Northern Ireland backstop from the withdrawal agreement and replacing it with a UK-wide one. She warned that, while she wanted to strike a deal, this could not be at any cost and would depend on an acceptable framework for a future relationship with the EU, expected to be set out in a separate political declaration. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.