Out of time

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PM says there is no time to work up proposals that might have won over Eurosceptics

Theresa May has told Conservative MPs that the “Malthouse compromise” cannot replace the Irish backstop, in a blow to her hopes of winning Eurosceptic support for her Brexit deal.

Ahead of her trip to Brussels on Wednesday, the prime minister told cabinet there was no way of working the proposals up into a concrete solution in time for Brexit on 29 March.

Brexit backstop: May rules out 'Malthouse compromise' | Politics | The Guardian

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“The goal is for Geoffrey Cox, the attorney general, to be able to change his legal advice to the government, which currently admits that the backstop could mean a permanent customs union. Cox is expected to give a speech later this week setting out his thinking.”

KBE or straight into the Lords?