Ireland's Coveney: May did not say that she wants backstop to be removed

Comments by Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney

• Says that backstop is not going to change

I think it's clear by now that May isn't heading back to Brussels to renegotiate the withdrawal agreement but merely seek legal assurances that the backstop will not be open-ended instead. And they very much know this too, let's see if they'd be willing to entertain her presence later on in the day.