and the main change that boris made from theresa's deal is she had, - as you said, a backstop, an insurance policy, - in case the main deal wasn't ready in time. j whereas this is a front stop. it's going to last forever, _ unless the northern ireland assembly ever votes to remove democratic consent from it _ gavin, what do you think they're trying to achieve then? you are a conservative, you don't necessarily have an affinity with this current administration, but you know you are a conservative, you're one of the few people on the planet that properly understands the process that went on here and the next and what it was like to be on the other side of the table to the eu. but the government's now saying they want to rewrite some of the deal, what do you think they're really up to and do you think that might achieve anything? so first of all, i have an affinity with the government in some i of the things they're trying to do on zero or levelling _ up, but not on brexit. |and i'm afraid the only conclusion| that i can reach about what they're trying to do is they signed up - to something, because they needed a deal to fight an election.