Angela Merkel rolls out the red carpet for Boris Johnson on his first official foreign trip

ANGELA Merkel is rolling the red carpet out for Boris Johnson tonight as the new PM makes his first official foreign trip.

The PM has arrived in Germany this evening and will hold crunch talks with the German Chancellor on Brexit.

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Cabinet minister Michael Gove said he would “see if there is movement” from the EU’s side on whether they can throw out the hated backstop and cut a deal.

Boris said yesterday there’s no chance of us getting a Brexit deal passed through the Commons unless that happens.

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