Show Hide The Brady amendment demands that the backstop arrangement in the EU withdrawal agreement to prevent a hard border in Northern Ireland should be replaced with 'alternative arrangements'. The backstop has no time limit and exit can be only by joint agreement between the UK and the EU. She also pledged to reopen the withdrawal agreement and change the text. “The bar to extending article 50 for the EU will be quite low – leaders love to kick the can. “The EU is united; the withdrawal agreement is the best and only deal on the table.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2019 15:07 UTC