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The Conservative MP was speaking after Irish Senator Fine Gael, Neale Richmond, said that Mr. Paterson's technical solutions to the border problem "would not work".
Senator Richmond stated that "the most desirable option" would be for Britain to remain in a "comprehensive and meaningful global agreement between the EU and the UK regarding customs and trade" in order to to ensure the absence of borders between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
It appeared Friday that Prime Minister Theresa May could approve a new proposal at Brexit that she will be presenting to ministers next week in what some have called a new "tune-up".
This plan is seen as a potential solution to the problem of the Northern Irish border, which has compromised the Brexit negotiations since their launch more than two years ago.
The host of BBC Radio 4's Today show, Justin Webb, told Paterson: "It seems like it's after hearing what people said yesterday that one of the options now that the British government is thinking and going to Cabinet all over the United Kingdom as part of a very tightly controlled customs union system with the EU ".
Mr. Paterson retaliated and dismissed the complaint. He said, "That would be a total betrayal of the 17.4 million people who voted to leave and the 85 percent among the voters in the general elections who supported the platform of the conservative and labor parties, what to leave means to leave the single market, leave the customs union and leave the mandate of the ECJ. "
According to the new proposal on the Irish border, the UK as a whole would temporarily enter into an "unfounded" customs union with the EU until a future trade agreement is negotiated.
When asked whether Britain should remain in a customs partnership as the only way to solve the border problem, Tory Brexiteer said: "We will become a third country selling in the European Union.
"It's up to us to make sure we meet European standards."
Mr. Paterson insisted on consulting with trade experts; the facilitated customs regime proposed by Ms. May is "totally impracticable in practice for five to ten years".
He said that practical solutions to the problem of borders can be found if there is a "political will".
Senator Richmond stated that Mr. Paterson's comments were "completely unreasonable". He added: "The advice he has received from a Dutch academic is not consistent with the advice of Her Majesty's Customs and Revenue, the European Commission, the Irish Government and thousands of other lawyers.
"When we talk about good political will, it's very, very important. We have just lost ourselves in a lot of economic data and details.
"Why the Irish government and why the European Commission is so firm on specific Irish support is the preservation of peace."
