24/04/2018
David Davis Criticised For 'Flying Visit' To Border
Brexit Secretary David Davis has been criticised for what has been described as a "flying visit to the Irish border".
David Davis MP visited the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic on Monday, to meet stakeholders. However, according to Alliance West Tyrone Westminster candidate Stephen Donnelly media have complained they were unaware of the visit until after Mr Davis left. He subsequently tweeted it was essential to keep the border free of physical infrastructure.
Making the criticism, Alliance West Tyrone Westminster candidate Stephen Donnelly, said: "A number of serious questions remain about the UK Government's approach to the Irish border in the event of Brexit, questions Mr Davis could have answered if he had stayed and engaged with more than a handpicked few.
"It appears as if the Brexit Secretary turned up for a photo opportunity and then left again without allowing a single journalist to question the UK Government's disastrous vision for Brexit.
"With the Government's apparent refusal to accept the clear necessity of the UK remaining within a customs union with the EU and Northern Ireland remaining in the single market, it is difficult to see exactly how promises of a border without any physical infrastructure can be achieved."
(MH/LM)
David Davis MP visited the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic on Monday, to meet stakeholders. However, according to Alliance West Tyrone Westminster candidate Stephen Donnelly media have complained they were unaware of the visit until after Mr Davis left. He subsequently tweeted it was essential to keep the border free of physical infrastructure.
Making the criticism, Alliance West Tyrone Westminster candidate Stephen Donnelly, said: "A number of serious questions remain about the UK Government's approach to the Irish border in the event of Brexit, questions Mr Davis could have answered if he had stayed and engaged with more than a handpicked few.
"It appears as if the Brexit Secretary turned up for a photo opportunity and then left again without allowing a single journalist to question the UK Government's disastrous vision for Brexit.
"With the Government's apparent refusal to accept the clear necessity of the UK remaining within a customs union with the EU and Northern Ireland remaining in the single market, it is difficult to see exactly how promises of a border without any physical infrastructure can be achieved."
(MH/LM)
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