Swiftly, quietly and ruthlessly killed off at last night’s Barclay-Barnier meeting. Barclay raised it. Barnier replied not in a million years. Both men agreed consequently it would be far more sensible to work on clarifications to the backstop instead. RIP Malthouse Compromise. https://t.co/vPdY1qZH48

— Nick Gutteridge (@nickgutteridge) February 19, 2019