Varadkar: 'There is a reason we came up with the deal we did'

Boris Johnson would have been acting in "bad faith" by pressing ahead with proposals for a string of checks on both sides of the border, the Taoiseach has said.

Welcoming the fact that Mr Johnson appears to have "disowned and distanced" himself from reports that the UK would replace the backstop with customs infrastructure between five and 10 miles away from the border, Leo Varadkar said: "Had he not, in my view, it would have been hard evidence of bad faith on behalf of the British Government."