Brexit : Taoiseach Varadkar warns Johnson 'worst yet to come' ahead of showdown.

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Mr Varadkar has indicated he will not be in a compromising mood when the British prime minister comes to Dublin on Monday.
Irish officials are confident the meeting will go ahead despite Mr Johnson's plan to try collapse his own government that evening.
But the Taoiseach has sought to turn up the pressure on his counterpart, saying he will not allow the UK to "merely kick the can down the road".

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"A Withdrawal Agreement without the backstop is no good to us," Mr Varadkar told the British Irish Chamber of Commerce last night.
He hopes Mr Johnson will bring genuine proposals to Farmleigh House - but added that in any event "there is no such things as a clean break".

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Leo Varadkar addressed the British Irish Chamber of Commerce last night. A senior source said the Government is acutely conscious of the fact that Mr Johnson will attempt to manipulate the situation to suit his domestic agenda. "He will tell people he's coming here with a magnanimous offer," a source told the Irish Independent. In a speech last night, Mr Varadkar sought to set out the parameters for the meeting. He said even if there is a deal, the EU and UK will have to enter "several years of negotiations on a new free-trade agreement and a new economic and security partnership. That will be fraught." The Taoiseach added: "I think it may make the negotiations on the withdrawal seem simple." In a no-deal scenario, Mr Varadkar predicted there will be a period of separation before the EU and UK have to engage again.

"The first and only items on the agenda for such negotiations will be citizens' rights, the financial settlement with the EU and a solution to the Irish Border. All the issues we spent the last two years on." In a thinly veiled swipe at US Vice-President Mike Pence, the Taoiseach also said the EU has been "firm and respectful" in dealing with the UK and negotiated "in good faith". Mr Pence caused considerable annoyance in Government circles earlier this week when he used a visit to Dublin to suggest the EU had been disingenuous and unfair to Mr Johnson. The vice-president was in London yesterday where he said the US would move quickly to agree a trade deal with the UK after Brexit.

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[hlthe2b]

1. Ok, kiddies, let's learn to pronounce: Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister)

There you go! Now you are not only leaps and bounds more educated than anyone in the Trump administration, you just might be more so than many/most of the UK reporters.

[abqtommy]

2. How about I just say "Irish Prime MInister" since no matter how much of the Gaelic language

I learn nobody would mistake me for a native. And I have snails in my garden that are more educated
than anyone in the tRUMP maladministration! BTW, when I was in Botswana some years ago I asked about the correct pronunciation of place names and was told it didn't matter, we understand. That was refreshing.