Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have clashed over their rival visions for Brexit in the final head-to-head TV debate of the General Election campaign. Mr Corbyn highlighted leaked Treasury documents released earlier in the day which he said showed Mr Johnson’s withdrawal agreement meant there would be customs checks and restrictions on trade between Britain and Northern Ireland. He said: “He spoke at the DUP conference and said there would be no restrictions whatsoever. He could and should have said that at the time.”Mr Johnson questioned how Labour could negotiate a new Brexit deal as it has pledged to do when Mr Corbyn was “neutral” and other frontbenchers were pro-Remain. “Unlike Mr Major, I lead a party that is now totally united,” he said

Source: Irish Examiner December 06, 2019 21:33 UTC