Thread by @DarranMarshall

Leo Varadkar : If @BorisJohnson means what he says about leaving with a deal, then he will have to depart from what he said this week. #Brexit #MacGill19

@BorisJohnson .@LeoVaradkar says we can't rule out the possibility of an election in the UK. Says the current Irish gov is on its third UK PM. He jokes we may see a 4th.

#Brexit #MacGill19 #MacGill2019

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar Taoiseach - A Withdrawal Agreement without the backstop is "essentially buying a bit of time".

Leo Varadkar says any deal without backstop is essentially a no deal.

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar "The time for kicking the can down the road is long since past" #Brexit

@LeoVaradkar speaking at #MacGill19

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar .@LeoVaradkar : as a nation, our place is at the heart of Europe.

#Brexit | #MacGill19

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar On NoDeal planning - "this would be a damage limitation exercise."

@LeoVaradkar says there 'would probably not be a recession' in the event of a NoDeal #Brexit

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar Taoiseach : #Brexit changes the relationship between UK / NI & the Republic 'fundamentally'.

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar .@LeoVaradkar : More and more people in NI will come to question the union in the event of a NoDeal.

He says moderate nationalists & liberal unionists are increasingly looking at being part of a 'common European home'.

#Brexit

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar Taoiseach says he doesn't know if there will be a united Ireland but says a hard brexit could undermine the union - in Northern Ireland & in Scotland.

#Brexit #BorderPoll #Indyref2 #MacGill19

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar .@LeoVaradkar says a Green Paper on Irish Unity would be #provocative' - but this could all change in the event of a hard #Brexit

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar If the UK takes NI out of the EU without a deal & against its will, then questions about a united Ireland will intensify and "we have to be prepared for that."

Taoiseach @LeoVaradkar in Donegal

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar .@LeoVaradkar : If the @NIAssembly was meeting then a majority would back the backstop. There's more to NI than any one party.

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar @niassembly 🚨@LeoVaradkar : The UK Government is supposed to be impartial on Northern Ireland. I will allow others to judge whether a Confidence & Supply agreement with the DUP is impartial.

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar @niassembly Taoiseach says the DUP do want to get the NI Assembly back up but that they are in a privileged position in Westminster. Says that strength may not last.

@BorisJohnson @LeoVaradkar @niassembly You can watch Taoiseach @LeoVaradkar in conversation with @PatLeahyIT live at #MacGill19 - using this link 👇

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