Brexit - EU responds to UK PM BJ's letter - a polite middle finger. As expected.

Hapless UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a pleading letter to the EU with no new ideas.

Adam had the report here:

• Boris Johnson in letter to Tusk: I very much hope we will leave with a deal

'Hope'? LOL.

I had an assessment here:

• Brexit - More on the UK PM's letter to the EU (TL;DR - its laughable)

EU response reported in the UK press, nothing new here either:

• "There was a two and a half year negotiating process in which the EU compromised, including on the question of the backstop," a well-informed source told the Guardian.
• "The withdrawal agreement is not open for renegotiation and the backstop is not open for change. A legally operable backstop to avoid a hard border remains central to the withdrawal agreement for the EU27."