made it clear that britain is expecting the e.u. to make concessions the ball is now in the e.u.'s court. well our correspondent bob of asal is following the conservative conference for us she sent us have thoughts on boris johnson's proposals. after weeks of dithering and just 4 weeks before the brics a date for johnson has made a proposal to the rio pm union that at 1st glance could be called reasonable place for compromise it is a 1st step to in agreement that might in the end prevent a heart for exit the prime minister suggests that northern ireland stays aligned with european rules an agriculture and goods in order to keep the border to the republic open this is a relatively close to what is an earlier brussels led had suggested called the northern ireland backstop it may now come back under