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Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has slammed the Irish government’s handling of the negotiations between between Britain and the EU and labelled suggestion that Northern Ireland should be in a common regulatory area with Brussels as “absurd”.
The Tory Brexiteer blamed Varadkar and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier for the row over the border and claimed that Barnier was showing a “clear disregard” for the Good Friday Agreement.
Rees-Mogg said that no clear solution would be found on the issue of the border until a trade deal had been agreed between Britain and the EU.
Writing in the Belfast News Letter, Rees-Mogg said: “It is no secret that in the wake of our vote to leave the EU, Mr Kenny took the mature, patriotic and above all else, responsible decision to work with the British government to help deliver the best Brexit for both our countries.
“Sadly, this statecraft has been succeeded by irresponsible, vote-chasing immaturity in Dublin.
“I cannot see how it is in the Republic’s interests for its current prime minister, Leo Varadkar, to posture in this way, not least by endorsing the fantasy proposals of Michel Barnier this week, which would do such comprehensive harm to the Belfast Agreement and risk No Deal, which would be more damaging to the Republic’s economy than to any other European state.”
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