Boris Johnson and Theresa May clobbered over Irish border at PMQs

Theresa May and Boris Johnson have faced renewed questions over their commitment to avoiding a hard border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland after Brexit.

Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn questioned the intentions of both the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary, after Johnson was mocked yesterday for comparing travel over the Irish border to crossing London boroughs.

After Mr Corbyn criticised Johnson’s comments, Mrs May replied: ‘The Foreign Secretary and I are absolutely committed to ensuring that we deliver on no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.

‘That’s the position of the UK Government, it’s the position of the parties in Northern Ireland, it’s the position of the Irish Government and it was what we agreed in the December agreement of that joint report.

‘We are all committed to ensuring there is no hard border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.’

Mr Corbyn also claimed that the government was in ‘disarray’ regarding their approach to the border.

‘This is a Government in disarray. Every time the Cabinet meets all we get is even more bizarre soundbites’, he said.

‘The Government is so divided that the Prime Minister is incapable of delivering a coherent and decisive plan for Brexit.

‘So when is she going to put the country’s interests before the outsized egos of her own Cabinet?’

But despite the stinging attack, Mrs May remained resolute – insisting that the Conservative government was responsible for renewed ‘optimism’.

‘That’s a Conservative Government delivering on people’s priorities and giving them optimism and hope for the future’, she said.

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