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First, he huffed. Then, he puffed. Then his friends texted journalists to announce that David Davis was about to blow the prime minister’s house down.
The Brexit secretary had convinced Theresa May to set a specific time limit on the Irish backstop plan, they said.
This would protect the UK from following EU rules and regulations forever for the sake of avoiding a hard border with Northern Ireland - in what they viewed as a clear win for Mr Davis.
“DD is not a man to be bullied,” one source thundered in a message to an ITV political reporter. “He has demanded a clearly defined time limit to the backstop and has stated he will walk if he doesn’t get it. If this is a game of chicken...