UK PM spokesman: No meeting with Ireland's Varadkar has been scheduled

Comments by UK PM spokesman, James Slack

• Johnson is clear that he wants to get a Brexit deal
• Hopes EU understands UK will leave on 31 October, no ifs or buts

Well, this puts to bed an earlier report over the weekend that Johnson is supposed to meet up with Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, for talks on Brexit and the backstop.