the post—brexit trade deal between britain and the eu and how it affects northern ireland — and there've been some key bilaterals in the last few hours — borisjohnson talking here to french president macron. according to the french side, mr macron said he wants to re—set franco—british relations — but only if the uk respects the brexit agreement it struck with the european union. mrjohnson also sat down with outgoing german chancellor angela merkel — they too discussed how the post—brexit trade arrangements affect northern ireland. the prime minister told the bbc there needs to be pragmatism and compromise on both sides. i think, to be fair, there's quite a lot of misunderstanding around the eu about the situation in northern ireland and the balance