SBP editorial: There must be no backdown on the backstop

British prime minister Theresa May was making a lot of noise last week about the need for respect from the EU.

Some of the tub-thumping, however, was aimed less at Brussels but more at the hard Brexiteers in her Conservative Party ahead of their party conference in Birmingham at the end of this month.

It is a depressing state of affairs to see the never-ending battle over Europe alive and well in the ...