THERESA May has drawn up a secret plan to scrap the controversial Irish backstop in a bid to win round angry Tory Brexiteers. It has emerged that the PM has quietly won agreement from the EU to abandon the emergency plan if both sides can agree on “alternative arrangements” to keep the border open. Ground breaking new technology that could be used to keep the border invisible is now being studied afresh in No10 as one option to meet the new aim. A technological solution to the border dilemma, known as ‘maximum facilitation’, was initially proposed by former Brexit Secretary David Davis but rejected by Mrs May last ... (full story)