Meanwhile, in Brexit-related news, there are rumors floating around that BoJo is getting ready to toss Northern Ireland under the bus.

And then, with amazing timing, this guest column appears in the Telegraph (a well-known Tory mouthpiece):

The EU talks are still in danger of collapsing because of Northern Ireland at a time when the majority of people who live there think they will be part of a united Ireland within ten years, according to Lord Ashcroft’s September poll.

Northern Ireland has long been a millstone round the neck of the rest of the UK and to fail to take back our independence because of it would be an historic tragedy. It is not widely known that it costs the UK more to support Northern Ireland than it does to be in the EU.

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Accepting customs checks at the Irish Sea would allow the EU negotiations to be successfully concluded and remains the best solution, but if the DUP continues to block this obvious remedy, then a referendum on Irish unity will be the best way forward for everyone, in Northern Ireland, the republic and the rest of the UK.

telegraph.co.uk

Yep. Looks to me like the UK government is thinking of sacrificing Northern Ireland in order to achieve Brexit.