Johnson eyeing up a general election rather than a Brexit deal

There was no way that the European Commission or the Irish government were ever going to sign up to a plan involving customs checkpoints located five to ten miles from the border

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British prime minister Boris Johnson In Dublin. Pic: RollingNews.ie

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's latest leaked Brexit plan is a further sign of a leader who isintent on posturing about a deal instead of proposing a real one.

There was no way that the European Commission or the Irish government were ever going to sign up to a plan involving customs checkpoints located five to ten miles from the border.

There was a blunt response from Tánaiste Simon Coveney on Twitter, saying ...