Journalist Charles Moore confronted Irish MEP Mairead McGuinness (Image: BBC)
The strong Brexiteer managed to get the Vice President of the European Parliament to admit that Ireland would not impose this border. The audience erupted into applause as his swift comments left Irish MEP Mairead McGuinness red-faced. The discussion arose when host Fiona Bruce asked Ms McGuiness to explain a comment she made earlier in the year.
Ms Bruce pointed out that Ms McGuinness had said: “It’s rather difficult to see what might happen with no deal but I can guarantee this: There will be no hard border on the island of Ireland.”
The host then asked: “When I heard that I thought ‘what’s all the fuss about then?’
“Is that because if whatever happens there will be no hard border and the considerable anxiety people have had about what would happen have been misplaced? What did you mean by that?”
The MEP for County Louth said: “What I mean is that because I represent that region it is unthinkable that we
