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Taoiseach tells the Dáil he hasn’t seen the “non papers” which formed the basis of last night’s report on the possibility of ‘customs clearance zones’ - but he “very much welcomes” Boris Johnson’s disowning of the proposals, otherwise they would be acting “in very bad faith”
Varadkar: “I would ask anyone in the British government who thinks this is in any way a good idea to listen to the people of Northern Ireland... no British government should try to impose a solution upon Ireland which is opposed by the people of Ireland, north and south”
Varadkar keen to stress that Ireland only ever envisages checks in a no-deal scenario (whereas Johnson seems to envisage them being involved in a deal)
Varadkar continues later: "If the non-papers reflect what those 'alternative arrangements' mean, those 'alternative arrangements' look like a hard border to me"… also repeats previous position that Brextension probably only tenable if the UK plans a second referendum or a GE
…but Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit policies are also a case of "having cake and eating it", which "probably wouldn't fly" if formally proposed to the EU
