PoliticsTwo Crisis Phone Calls Unlocked the ‘Impossible’ Brexit DealBrexit agreement hinged on U.K. and Irish leaders’ rapportJohnson realised DUP would not back his plan and went aloneFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftBrexit Reaction: Johnson, Juncker, Barnier, VaradkarFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftGift this articleContact us:Provide news feedback or report an errorConfidential tip?Send a tip to our reportersSite feedback:Take our SurveyNew WindowFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftBy Tim Ross, Ian Wishart, Kitty Donaldson, and Dara DoyleOctober 18, 2019 at 12:07 AM UTCBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.Sign up to our Brexit Bulletin, follow us @Brexit and subscribe to our podcast.It was 8 a.m. on Oct. 8 and long-serving officials in Downing Street were watching a diplomatic disaster unfold.