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Quiz: Did a British politician say this about Ireland during the Brexit talks?

How well do you remember what British politicians have been saying about Ireland?
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OVER THE LAST few months, there has been plenty of bizarre statements made by UK politicians while discussing Brexit.

Quite a few of them have been about Ireland, with quite a few MPs getting something completely wrong about the government here or the way our electoral system works.

How well do you remember what British politicians have been saying about Ireland? Find out with this true or false quiz.

Theresa May: "We need to take a really measured approach to the question of the Irish border."
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David Davis: "One of our really challenging issues to deal with will be the internal border we have with southern Ireland."
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Tony Blair: "They should send Bertie and I in to negotiate again."
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Michael Gove: "I think the Irish government needs to chill."
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DUP's Sammy Wilson: "The Irish government have played all along a very cynical game."
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Jeremy Corbyn: "The Irish are doing the right thing looking after their own interests here."
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Jacob Rees Mogg: I think the Irish are worried about a general election. Edna Kenny is under pressure."
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Bernard Jenkin: "If you listen to Bertie Ahern, if you listen to Enda Kelly - these are two former Taoiseachs, Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland."
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Iain Duncan Smith: "Now it's suddenly become an issue because the Irish, for political reasons internally, presidential elections, disputes between the two elements of the same party, they suddenly laid this on."
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Kate Hoey: "At the end if this ends up with a no deal we won’t be putting up the border, they’ll have to pay for it."
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    Fiona deFreyne
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    Dec 29th 2017, 9:03 PM

    Pro Brexit politicians are generally poorly informed.

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    B9xiRspG
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    Dec 29th 2017, 10:04 PM

    @Fiona deFreyne: especially when they start believing your own lies

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    Deborah Behan
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    Dec 30th 2017, 12:07 AM

    @B9xiRspG: because they all listen to Fiona? Wow! You go Fiona!

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    Dec 30th 2017, 8:29 AM

    @Deborah Behan: gosh, I don’t often get such compliments. Imagine that. British politicians are listening to me! Who would have thought it!

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    Paul O Sullivan
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    Dec 29th 2017, 9:04 PM

    Why no article about British agency attempts to kill Charlie Haughty

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    David Dickson
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    Dec 29th 2017, 9:34 PM

    @Paul O Sullivan: an agency? Do you not mean the MI5?

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    Adrian
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    Dec 29th 2017, 9:07 PM

    Great pic of immature Leo there!

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    Dec 30th 2017, 2:17 AM

    Fail

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    Michael Fehily
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    Dec 29th 2017, 9:21 PM

    Difficult to deal with ill-informed uneducated idiots ..

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    Dec 29th 2017, 9:46 PM

    @Michael Fehily: i have found ignoring stupidity works best. There is no cure for stupidity and trying to educate is a waste of time.

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    Dec 30th 2017, 12:09 AM

    @Carina Clarke: it’s crazy how much they are removed from reality! Doesn’t bode well for the British public.

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    Dec 30th 2017, 1:12 AM

    Sammy Wilson is a special kind of stupid…

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