DUP Deputy Leader Nigel Dodds
A new EU proposal to operate checks on goods along the Britain-Northern Ireland sea route will still mean an unacceptable border between the two, the deputy leader of the Northern Irish party backing Britain's minority government said on Wednesday.
"So Michel Barnier says he can do different kinds of checks between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK as if that makes it more palatable. The fundamental point is that internal U.K. checks are only needed if it is intended to separate Northern Ireland from Great Britain," the Democratic Unionist Party's (DUP) Nigel Dodds said in a statement.
"Despite the talk of 'improvements' the backstop being insisted upon by the EU... still means a border down the Irish Sea although with different kinds of checks. The fact is that both Theresa May and the Labour Party have said no British Prime Minister could accept such a concept."
Negotiations on Britain's exit from the European Union between Prime Minister Theresa May and the EU will require a "reset", said former Brexit minister David Davis, who resigned earlier this year in disagreement with May's proposals."I think we'll get to a point where she will not be able to accept what they offer, they will not be able to accept what she offers and they will have to have some kind of reset," Davis told BBC radio on Wednesday.Davis reiterated that he would not vote against May's current plans on the future relationship between London and Brussels. 
Former Brexit minister says Eu exit talks will need a 'reset'