It really is remarkable that the NI backstop is no longer an insurance policy -- it is just policy. The safety net is to become the status quo.
Makes sense though. EU just playing a 'dead can on table' move on BoJo. Kasparov vs Kasparov is a Nash equilibrium. We're simply optimising to minimise having winners or losers in a thermonuclear political game of chess. The rest is spin... How about a nice game of chess...