‘No deal means Brexit is forever’

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned British prime minister Boris Johnson that the Brexit stand-off will “go on and on and on” for years and “doesn’t end” if the UK crashes out of the EU with no deal on October 31.

Mr Varadkar said he is not “fatalistic” about a no-deal Brexit and downplayed the possibility of a border poll as a result of the crisis.