Backstop issue will not be solved with positive thoughts, says business leader
(World News UK)

The first meeting of a group set up to find backstop alternatives had full and frank discussions, according to one member. Aodhan Connolly, director of the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium, attended the first meeting of the business group set up to examine other options to the Brexit backstop on Wednesday. “I can say that there was very frank discussion and a chance for people to look at the parameters of what alternative arrangements would mean for the Northern Ireland border,” he said. “People got to air their concerns, and it’s a very good start, in fact I think there’s a realisation that this...