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[...] writing in the Sunday Times, Mr Davis said the PM's plan was unacceptable.
"This is one of the most fundamental decisions that government has taken in modern times," he added.
And Labour, on whom Theresa May may have to rely to win a Parliamentary vote on the deal later this year, said it would not support "any fudge cooked up with Brussels".
"The government are playing chicken on this," Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry told the BBC's Andrew Marr show, claiming a choice between no deal and a "bit of Theresa May nonsense" was unacceptable.
"We say no... We are not agreeing to build half a bridge when we do not know where it is going."
[...] Mr Davis said the government's negotiating strategy had "fundamental flaws", arising from its "unwise decision" to let the EU dictate the principle of the backstop in December, when the two sides agreed a wider settlement on citizens rights and the so-called divorce bill. [...]
David Davis' op-ed on The Times (subscription required)