Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith says he is concerned that the backstop would entrap the United Kingdom, while it seems the EU "got all of their objectives happily sorted out".
He also has a problem with the divorce payment, especially because it will be paid regardless of whether the deal reached is acceptable.
"When you've given the most important negotiating position you have, it leaves you with very little to drive you forward," he says.
"I'm not against meeting our requirements but I am against meeting it without any commitment whatsoever."
There's been "a whole series of scare stories" about not reaching a deal, he says, and whilst he wants a satisfactory deal, this is not it. No deal "would not be catastrophic".
"This country will do incredibly well, whatever the arrangements are.


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