France 1 Johnson 0

In a surprise to no one, the message from Paris is pretty much the same as from Berlin.

Sure, the backstop can be ditched, just come up with an alternative that's acceptable.

The message is, you have had three years to come up with a solution, a solution can be found in 30 days.

The 30 day phrase was trumpted again, but as yesterday, nothing has changed.

At all.

And hasn't for 3 years.

Still, not though the clock's ticking....

Macron stated that the backstop is "indispensable."

So there.