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Mark Francois tells #newsnight that even without the backstop *in its entirety* he and the ERG wouldn’t vote for the WithdrawalAgreement not least because Johnson has said it’s dead, repeatedly. Why would the EU even try and negotiate anything when the PM can’t deliver the votes?
He also just used the phrase “herr Juncker in the bunker.”
As I said back in the spring, the backstop was always just a figleaf, an excuse: the ERG doesn’t want a deal, full stop. If it wasn’t the backstop, it’d have been something else.
Oh and they’re the people who have crowned Johnson. They will expect a full return on their investment.
