EU dismisses latest British ideas on Ireland after Brexit

LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Britain's post-Brexit adaptation will run through 2020, as planned, a British government spokeswoman said on Thursday as the EU dismissed London's ideas for a longer status quo on customs and trade in a fight over the Irish border.Both sides say they want to avoid a return of border checks on the island of Ireland after Brexit, but the European Union dismisses London's idea to that end as unrealistic.The EU has hence insisted on a "backstop" plan stipulating that, shoul