Boris Johnson appeals directly to Donald Tusk to scrap Brexit backstop

LONDON — Boris Johnson appealed to European Council President Donald Tusk directly on Monday, asking that Brussels consider a solution for the Irish border that doesn't involve the so-called Brexit backstop.

In a letter to Tusk, effectively an attempt to open Brexit negotiations, the prime minister said the U.K. could legislate to ensure no infrastructure on the border and urged the EU to do the same..

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