British PM Johnson tells EU: ditch the backstop or there will be no-deal Brexit

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cautioned the European Union on Saturday that the Irish backstop, which he said was undemocratic and divisive, needed to be ditched if they were to strike a Brexit divorce deal."If we get rid of the backstop whole and entire then we are making a lot of progress," Johnson said, when asked if it is was only the Irish border backstop that he wanted changed."But we can't do it as long as that anti-democratic backstop, that backstop that seeks to divide our countr