"There has never been a hard border in Ireland" – Boris Johnson's father at Brexit

Boris Johnson's father, Stanley Johnson, said last night that there has "never been a hard border" in Ireland.

At the Conservative Party conference on Channel 4 News last night, author and former Conservative MEP Stanley Johnson said:

"This whole Irish question has been erected into a tail that shakes the dog. It is absolutely ridiculous, there has never been a hard border in Ireland and I am sure there will be no hard border. "

"There are many countries in the EU where one country is in the EU and another country is not in the EU, and they are not firing on it. So, why do we think that Ireland will be such a disaster, I do not know, "he continued.

The Channel 4 reporter wanted to remind Mr. Johnson that there was indeed a hard boundary between Northern Ireland and the Republic; "We have known for decades that the problem was very serious," she said.

To which Mr. Johnson replied;

"To what extent is it reasonable to say that and, therefore, in order to please the United Kingdom as a whole, we have decided to join this common regulatory framework forever. I do not think it's good enough, it's not a good business. "

Mr. Johnson then gave his views on the agreement on Good Friday, that May's partner in the government, Arlene Foster, head of the DUP, said yesterday was not "sacrosanct" ", while praising the" beliefs "and" spirits "exhibited in Boris Johnson. Brexit map.

"It's in the agreement of Good Friday. What is written is that if a situation of armed conflict seems to arise, the Northern Irish themselves will hold a referendum, "he said.

The C4 reporter then asked if he would be "happy that Northern Ireland is giving way in the UK?"

"If that's what Northern Irish people want, so be it," he said.

Further indicating that he would prefer this to happen while Ms. May's Checkers' plan is presented.

"I think Check's plan is totally unacceptable for a country like Great Britain, which has been a sovereign country for a thousand years. We have written our own rules. We can not have the worst of both worlds – that is, rules without any chance to write them. "

When asked if he thought the time had come to hold a second referendum on Brexit, Mr. Johnson replied, "No, no I do not do it. I think the country voted, that there is an option that will allow the country to vote, and I think it's Canada. I think the time has come to go there. "

Earlier on Tuesday, while he was delivering a speech at a conservative margin meeting at the conservative party conference in Birmingham, former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called on Theresa May at "Chuck Checkers" to refer to the British Prime Minister's plan, Brexit.

Former London mayor Johnson had previously called May's plan for Brexit "deranged" and "ridiculous" by proposing to build a bridge between the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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