Brexit: Johnson’s backstop plan falls short

Inside Politics: It is widely expected the UK will seek another extension to the Brexit deadline

Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 08:09 Updated: Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 08:22

Fiach Kelly

Leo Varadkar: will thank Sweden and Denmark ‘for their ongoing solidarity with Ireland’. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Leo Varadkar: will thank Sweden and Denmark ‘for their ongoing solidarity with Ireland’. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Good morning.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar begins a two-day trip to Scandinavia today, during which he will meet Swedish PM Stefan Löfven in Stockholm today and Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen tomorrow.

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