Thread by @jonworth

Back when Theresa May was still Prime Minister I wrote a little blog post about Northern Ireland

"Why even clueless Brits should care about the Irish border and Brexit"

jonworth.eu/even-clueless-…

As Northern Ireland and Brexit have featured so heavily in the #GE2019 debate today, so I come back to that blog post

The essence: even as a Brit disinterested or lacking any knowledge about Northern Ireland, what happens there can still impact you

That no Northern Irish political party backs Johnson's Brexit Deal should give *everyone* cause for concern

I don't know if #Brexit goes wrong it will certainly lead to a return of the troubles, but, frankly, let's not even get close. Peace in Northern Ireland is a good thing.

But what - based on @lewis_goodall's report earlier - do Birmingham voters say about Corbyn? He's an IRA supporter

Really, get a grip

If there is one danger with regard to terrorism in Northern Ireland at #GE2019, it's the Brexit impact there, not what Corbyn said 30 years ago!

And then meanwhile Johnson just lies in response to questions about the border in the Irish Sea:

https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1202978412329144324

Even the DUP can see he's lying:

https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1202958914251309056

The essence is this
- Johnson's Brexit deal *is* a problem for Northern Ireland
- Problems in Northern Ireland *can* threaten peace there
- That makes all this a #GE2019 issue
- That Johnson is playing with fire here, and lying, is where all critique should be directed!

/ends