Brexit news: Clegg takes swipe at Brexiteers as he BLAMES Irish border on UK
Mr Clegg, who lost his Liberal Democrat seat in the June 2017 elections, claimed the “mess” the UK is in surrounding the Irish border is “squarely and fairly” the fault of the Government. The former deputy prime minister claimed “anything is possible” and insisted the DUP could pull out of Brexit talks over the Irish border issue and provoke a general election. Speaking on France 24, Mr Clegg said: “British politics has become so polarised, angry and febrile that anything could happen. “But the fundamental problem has not been invented in Brussels or invented in Dublin or invented by people like me who don’t like Brexit.”
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This is a problem entirely of the government’s own making Nick Clegg
He added: “I’m afraid, this is a problem entirely of the government’s own making. The Brexiteers promised a utopia to the British people. They are now being unable to deliver that utopia, including perfectly closed borders. “And they are now thrashing around trying to blame everybody else. They are blaming the governor of the Bank of England. They are blaming civil servants. They are blaming Michel Barnier. They are blaming other governments. “At the end of the day, the blame for the mess that the United Kingdom finds itself in can be squarely and fairly placed at the door of the government itself.” The border issue has been Brexit’s most disputable issue and remains to be a controversial issue between Westminster and Brussels.