arlene foster has proved it. he lied to the dup.re would be no border, no checks. whilst he was doing that, the government was enabling processes for that to happen. arlene foster has called them out. this is the leader of a sister party. of course she is right. this is a man you cannot trust. but you cannot allow him to go back into number ten and wreck our public services, continue austerity. the 155 said in the tory manifesto that austerities heartbeat. i believe the fundamental threat of climate change is so important now that we cannot allow them to get back. everyone will have a view on borisjohnson. he has been in public life. the idea that he is perhaps not as trustworthy at sea should be, people will have formed their views. making this an issue in their views. making this an issue in the last days of the campaign, will this have an impact? is not me making it an issue. it's his own political partner in arlene foster. the real issues for us is to make sure we will sort brexit out. you can't trust a word boris johnson is sen

arlene foster said something that steve aiken has got a point on.early arlene foster on the 2nd of october said there was a strong and sensible deal. the only difference between the deal that you agreed on the 2nd of october. there wasn't a deal. why did arlene foster and you lot all turn round and say, "it was a strong and sensible idea!" the only difference between that and boris johnson's deal was around the issue of consent. that is not true. if you actually checked... the big difference... if you're going to make the accusation then you have to let him respond. hold on a second, you turned around and recently arlene foster said, i think it was today on the radio, she said they talked with her majesty's revenue and customs to support borisjohnson's deal before rejecting it. did you, as a group of negotiators, look over the detail before the 2nd of october? the only difference between that and borisjohnson's deal was in fact the issue of consent. you agreed on the 2nd of october to put a border down the irish sea. let geoffrey come back. actually

here is arlene foster, the dup leader, banging that drum metaphorically at the launch.t uncertain, there will again i firmly believe be the opportunity for the largest party from northern ireland to have significant influence on securing the best european union exit deal for northern ireland and on delivering more for the people of northern ireland. the party with the most seats from northern ireland will have the most influence, and having secured significant investment for northern ireland in the last two years, the dup wants to do much more. so sinn fein have also put brexit front and centre of their campaign, really strong anti—brexit party. they have said brexit is no good for the island of ireland. at the centre of their campaign was this anti—brexit stance was top sinn fein has stepped aside as part of the pro—remain alliance i talked about. but also for sinn fein, you have to remember the question of irish unity. that is going to be another big part of their manifesto. let's hear what mary lou mcdonald said unveiling their manifesto. in this election, it is impo

questions today about his own trustworthiness from one former political ally, the leader of the dup arlene foster said in effect she couldn't trust boris johnson. 0ne bitten said in effect she couldn't trust borisjohnson. 0ne bitten twice shy she said after the brexit deal he reached she believes left northern ireland cut off from the rest of the uk. i suppose the question is ben, these questions round boris johnson's trustworthiness, do they hit home or do peoplejust johnson's trustworthiness, do they hit home or do people just shrug their shoulders and carry on any way. norman, many thanks indeed. as we've been hearing, a leaked government document suggests borisjohnson's brexit plan will present a "major challenge" because of the new customs arrangements needed for northern ireland. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity is here. tell us more about what's in this document. well, as you mentioned borisjohnson has been repeatedly saying there will be no form, no check, no barriers of any kind for goods crossing the irish sea between great britain and northern ireland. we have two leaked documen

how safe are arlene foster and the dup asks the belfast telegraph. unionists were returned to parliament. and the yorkshire post shows borisjohnson entering number ten after his decisive election win with a quote from the pm: "let the healing begin". well, that's a taste of some of today's front pages. with me to talk through some of those and a handful of others are anne mcelvoy, senior editor at the economist and torcuil crichton, westminster editor of the scottish daily record. thanks to both of you for interrupting your saturday line, your christmas shopping, whatever your christmas shopping, whatever you would have been doing. thanks for reminding us! thanks for inviting us to your lovely flat! it's beautiful, isn't it? very beautiful. let's have a look at the mail, a picture of borisjohnson and carrie symonds. a huge political change, a massive majority. carrie symonds. a huge political change, a massive majoritym carrie symonds. a huge political change, a massive majority. it is a huge political change across the country. i think we will come

a hug of consolation from dup leader arlene foster for nigel dodds, losing the belfast north seat afterh him for being the face of brexit for the party at westminster? i am absolutely very disappointed, notjust for north belfast but actually for northern ireland, that they are losing such a great advocate in nigel dodds. the victor in the constituency, sinn fein'sjohn finucane, son of solicitor pat finucane, murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in 1989. voters choosing a remain—supporting nationalist over a pro—brexit unionist. i think people saw this as an election as a chance to have that remain voice heard and i think it's been heard very loudly tonight. there was victory too for the cross community alliance party's stephen farry in north down — a growth in support for the centre ground. and the nationalist sdlp are back on the westminster map, with two mp5. voters in foyle choosing colum eastwood over sinn fein, who refuse to take their seats in parliament. you want someone to go to westminster to fight your case, to stand up to borisjohnson, to protect us from brexit, but you also w

arlene foster, the leader of the dup, was interviewed today.f contacting hmrc in the trouble of contacting hmrc in the aftermath of the deal, saying, will have to be checks? they said yes. hmrc and the treasury think they will have to be checks. this new document also says there will have to be checks. i think the only way you could avoid checks as if the uk was to pursue a much softer brexit than the one that is currently on the table. and is that something then the voters are now —— northern ireland are examining and seeing come the way we close this gap between what borisjohnson says and what everybody else, including yourself, is saying? ithink in terms of reading across the brexit impact for northern ireland, it's quite difficult. 0n impact for northern ireland, it's quite difficult. on one hand, you could see the dup have got themselves in a terrible mess by supporting boris johnson and initially backing a harder form supporting boris johnson and initially backing a harderform of brexit. they have made a rod for their own backs. but, to b

but arlene foster said initial talks with the northern ireland secretary had been positive.nd the fact there is an injection of money needed to deal with the immediate issues and to recommit to the transformation programme that was set out by the last executive. so dealing with health and education reforms and having enough funding for that sector and driving forward the economy in northern ireland, all of thosishures were discussed —— thoseissues of thosishures were discussed —— those issues were discussed. our ireland correspondent chris page said there appears to be a greater chance that talks will succeed this time, because of the frustration expressed by voters last week. it is almost three years since the governments at store month collapsed. sip then northern ireland has been —— since then northern ireland has been in limbo. there has been no ministers to make decisions and therefore there has been pressure on the public services and the nhs in particular, hospital waiting lists have been spiralling and now they're the longest in the uk, health workers are taking indu

arlene foster will be under intense pressure because she has presided over three years of a series ofsurvive in these circumstances having done so in these circumstances having done so up until now. a very interesting question. now that northern ireland has three reading mps who will take their seats at westminster unlike their seats at westminster unlike the sinn fein mps who have an abstention of policy, the question is, given the big majority, whether those three northern ireland remain mps can make that point of your head with that big majority for boris johnson. gavin barwell is a former downing street chief of staff to theresa may. and dan carden and nigel farage. dan i will start with you. do you blame jeremy corbyn? no, i don't. it is a heart—breaking result for the labour party. but i think it shows that the brexit divisions have not been solved and we have paid a price for that. every labour party mp who lost their seat, won their seat in 2017. we a cce pted their seat, won their seat in 2017. we accepted the result in 2017 and that position has changed. and it shouldn't hav