UK 'cannot meet' EU deadline for Brexit plan and needs another year, government says

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deadline-irish-backstop-no-deal-stephen-barclay-october-a9111756.html

The EU has set Britain a test it “cannot meet” with its demands to see a replacement for the Irish backstop, the Brexit secretary has said.

Stephen Barclay said the UK should be given another year to find a new policy for the Northern Ireland border.

The intervention comes as Downing Street said it would not be bound by an “artificial deadline” in talks.

“We are told the UK must provide legally operative text by the 31 October,” the cabinet minister Mr Barclay said in a speech in Madrid on Thursday.

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1. The UK brought this on themselves. Now they need to live with their decision.

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2. It is not like they didn't know at the time of the vote what some

factions wanted to do to the UK. They cannot blame the EU for the mess they created for themselves.