Boris Johnson is as likely to avoid an Irish backstop as fly to the moon | Simon Jenkins

The likely next prime minister must swallow his pride and make a deal with Dublin. Or parliamentary disaster awaits him

Build that wall! Build that wall! So Donald Trump’s fans roared their support for his xenophobic rants. So scream fans of Boris Johnson’s no-deal Brexit. He wants walls against the EU in place by 31 October. But he has no more idea than Trump about how to erect them. This is despite having been foreign secretary and with a former Brexit negotiator, Dominic Raab, at his side.

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