If, as people say, the current Backstop idea would put the UK into an inescapable tie in to the EU, then we wouldn't be out would we.
If, as the EU keep saying, the backstop must stay or exist in a manner acceptable to them (HA), it seems to me that they themselves are forcing the 'no deal'.
Of course, it must be said that the EU wouldn't want a deal that grants the UK any favours, but their only alternatives seem to be either a no deal or a half baked excuse of a deal that's not even a deal people want.
anyway, back to the second half . . .
