Professor Tim Bale from our School of Politics and International Relations posed an open question on Twitter following the announcement that Theresa May was to ask the EU to re-open negotiations concerning the so-called backstop.
Professor Bale tweeted: "Can anyone explain to me why a collective entity like the EU, knowing it still has at 2 years + of negotiations still to come with the UK, is going to fold on the Backstop, thereby confirming that it will always fold under pressure and sell out a member state at the last gasp?"