Barnier criticises May's UK-wide Brexit backstop plan

EU negotiator warns Britain checks will be needed on goods travelling across Irish SeaMichel Barnier has warned that Theresa May’s backstop solution to avoid a border on the island of Ireland raises “more questions than answers” as he ruled out the whole of the UK staying in the customs union and key parts of the single market after Brexit.“Backstop means backstop,” the EU’s chief negotiator told a press conference in Brussels, as he insisted the UK needed to