EU to tell Frost Brexit talks will fail unless he ditches ECJ demand

Concerns grow that Boris Johnson has already decided to trigger article 16 of Northern Ireland protocol

The EU's Brexit commissioner will tell David Frost that negotiations over Northern Ireland are doomed to fail unless he drops an unattainable" demand over the role of the European court of justice.

At a meeting in London on Friday, Maro efovi will warn the UK's Brexit minister, Lord Frost, that Downing Street needs to take a step" towards the EU for the talks to be meaningful".