[nomadking]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Yes, it does. The get-out clause to the backstop is the 'alternative arrangements' that Boris says he already has but apparently hasn't told the EU what they are.

But the EU has to agree to anything and everything. There is no ability to unilaterally stop it.
Withdrawal Agreement pages 305&308

but that this
Protocol is based on the third scenario of maintaining full alignment with those rules of the Union's
internal market and the customs union which, now or in the future, support North-South
cooperation, the all-island economy and the protection of the 1998 Agreement, to apply unless and
until an alternative arrangement implementing another scenario is agreed,
...

4. The objective of the Withdrawal Agreement is not to establish a permanent relationship
between the Union and the United Kingdom. The provisions of this Protocol are therefore intended
to apply only temporarily, taking into account the commitments of the Parties set out in Article
2(1). The provisions of this Protocol shall apply unless and until they are superseded, in whole or in
part, by a subsequent agreement.