Brexit live: Irish deputy PM suggests UK negotiated 'in bad faith' after Cummings' NI protocol claims

Leo Varadkar hits back at Boris Johnson's former adviser after he says UK government always planned to ditch parts of the agreementCummings says UK always intended to ditch NI protocolEU ready to scrap most post-Brexit checks on British goodsMinister: Felixstowe backlog improving so shop normally for ChristmasWhat next for the Northern Ireland protocol?Frost: failure to rip up protocol would be 'historic misjudgment'Last night Katya Adler, the BBC's Europe editor, posted an interesting thread on Twitter on the row about the Northern Ireland protocol. It starts here.And she suggests a Swiss-style compromise might offer a way forward on the European court of justice issue. Continue reading...