'You're trying to screw me to the floor!' Jenkin SAVAGES BBC host during FIERY Brexit row
BREXITEER Bernard Jenkin slapped down BBC host Jo Coburn for trying to "screw him to the floor" during a lively debate discussing the European Union's latest Brexit deal proposals.
Jenkin RAGES against BBC host over Northern Ireland border
Brexiteer MP Bernard Jenkin blasted the BBC host for questioning him on the latest EU Brexit deal proposals minutes after it was published.
Ms Coburn asked the Tory politician whether he accepted Brexit could lead to the creation of a physical border between Northern Ireland and the Republic unless an alternative is found.
But Mr Jenkin shut down the presenter saying: "Oh for God’s sake.
"They just published a very long document and you are quoting a tiny part to me and trying to screw me to the floor on it."
Brexit news: Bernard Jenkin shut down Jo Coburn's Northern Ireland question
Mr Jenkin added: "The fact is there is going to be no infrastructure at the border of Northern Ireland unless the European Union puts it there.
"If the EU is stupid enough and wants to breach the Northern Ireland peace agreement – the Belfast agreement – wants to put up obstacles and be obstructive then they are going to go ahead and do that.
"But in the end, I think they’re going to cooperate."
At a joint press conference with EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, Brexit Secretary David Davis reinforced Theresa May's vow to uphold the Good Friday agreement "in its entirety" and avoid the creation of a border.
Barnier reveals HUGE chart of Brexit deal progress
You are quoting a tiny part to me and trying to screw me to the floor on it
But Ms Coburn hit back at Mr Jenkin, saying she was merely quoting the EU Brexit negotiator when she suggested there could ultimately be a border between Northern Ireland and Ireland.
The BBC Daily Politics presenter said: "We just heard from Michel Barnier on the UK-Ireland border that they ‘have agreed the backstop solution must form part of the legal text of the withdrawal agreement. It will apply unless and until another solution is found.’
"I’m not trying to do anything to you. I’m asking for your reaction to what is pretty clear: they’ve agreed the backstop solution must form part of the legal text."
The future relationship between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been a point of contention throughout the Brexit negotiations.
Mr Barnier confirmed the parties had agreed the issue would be dealt with during the remaining Brexit negotiations.