Claim: The Labour Party wouldn't have problems with the Irish backstop because it wants the whole of the United Kingdom to be in a permanent customs union with the EU.
Fact-check: Does Labour's Brexit policy mean no Irish backstop? - Full Fact
Verdict: labour's proposed brexit policy may avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the republic  in theory. but it seems extremely unlikely that the eu would accept those proposals alongside everything else labour wants from brexit.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joël Reland
Date published: 2018-12-07T00:00:00