began on the lithjune, early, very early, before, their fieldwork began before i declared i was in the race. oh, so you could do better than that? let me bring you up to date. fully up to date, 0k? we re filming this today last night at 5 o clock, two separate companies came out with polls, and they re all playing catch up now, they all recognise something is happening out there. on one poll last night, we were tied with the conservatives on i9%, on a second poll that came out last night, we were leading the conservatives 19 to 18, so that map suddenly looks very different. well, it looks even. it s still, whatever happens, is a tory wipe out. of course, of course. now what i really want our viewers to know is that is your objective, you are happy if the country turns red and we get a huge labour majority. what last night s polls show is we re going to win seats, a good number of seats, but it could become a very substantial number of seats. very important that people recog
With solutions. And in politics, as everyone around this table knows, words are important. So what does a seamless border mean . What does it mean if you cant treat it the way you used to . What does it mean if, for example, the Customs Union isnt there any more . Hes clearly very worried about trade. That is one of the things he was talking about. This is not new, but the way in which the irish governments concerns are being addressed is new. It is interesting because there are two things, there is the border, the economic border, and then there is the more abstract and metaphysical border, which has divided the island since independence and was the source of the civil war that went on, the troubles, and that seemed to be having less importance and now it is suddenly important again. But there is another border, which is irish goods usually coming by ferry over into the island of britain and then they go across britain and on into the continent, and if that changes, how will irish goo
With solutions. And in politics, as everyone around this table knows, words are important. So what does a seamless border mean . What does it mean if you cant treat it the way you used to . What does it mean if, for example, the Customs Union isnt there any more . Hes clearly very worried about trade. That is one of the things he was talking about. This is not new, but the way in which the irish governments concerns are being addressed is new. It is interesting because there are two things, there is the border, the economic border, and then there is the more abstract and metaphysical border, which has divided the island since independence and was the source of the civil war that went on, the troubles, and that seemed to be having less importance and now it is suddenly important again. But there is another border, which is irish goods usually coming by ferry over into the island of britain and then they go across britain and on into the continent, and if that changes, how will irish goo
To dateline london. Im jane hill. This week, were discussing irelands growing fears about the brexit negotiations. What should the world do about venezuela and north korea . And is the duke of edinburgh setting the tone for us all by not retiring until the age of 96 . My guests, not quite 96, any of us. Brian oconnell, the irish writer and broadcaster. The algerian journalist, nabila ramdani, and michael goldfarb. A very warm welcome to all of you. So the brexit negotiations are on hold for the Summer Holidays. No more talks for the next few weeks. That hasnt stopped the new irish Prime Minister from making his opinions known. He made a speech this week, calling for unique solutions to preserve the relationship between the uk and the eu after britain leaves. Brian, youre not long back from dublin. Just how worried was the administration . It is a distinct change of tone from enda kennys time. Leo varadker has decided, probably correctly, to distance himself from the uk. Enda kenny, at