‘It’s been six years!’ Jeremy Vine fed up with people still arguing over Brexit debate – Daily Express

Jeremy Vine lost it on his Channel 5 show as guests argued over whether or not there is a border between Northern Ireland and the UK. Former Brexit Party MEP Ann Widdecombe insisted there was one while commentator Owen Jones slammed down her claims. Ms Widdecombe said: "I do not wish away Northern Ireland's role as a full part of the United Kingdom and that is what is now under threat. We weren't proposing a hard border."

Mr Jones added: "Any border would destabilise the peace process that's the point."

Mr Widdecombe continued: "There is a border there. The idea there isn't a border..."

Mr Vine interjected: "We're heading for the sixth anniversary of this argument.

"We still haven't worked it out because we had a land border with the EU. We're in a big political crisis in all points; north, south, east, and west.

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It comes as a High Court judge has issued an interim order suspending a decision by Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots to direct a stop to Brexit agri-food checks at Northern Ireland ports.

Mr Justice Colton said he was making the temporary direction until a judicial review against the DUP minister's decision can be heard in full.

DUP minister Mr Poots acted unilaterally this week to order a halt to port checks that are required under the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Civil servants have yet to implement the instruction, pending legal clarity on their obligations, and checks are continuing.

The judge pointed out that the checks had been ongoing for more than a year and that the order to halt them had been brought at short notice.

A barrister for the Department of Agriculture told the court that their position was that the direction by Mr Poots was "entirely lawful".

He said: "The minister has looked at the matter, he is not prepared to give an undertaking in the meantime.

"The department's position is that the decision taken, and instructions given to officials, were entirely lawful."

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