
THE BARRY TAX Labour trade chief says Brexit means “tariffs have to be collected” on Irish border
Labour's Shadow Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner has suggested Brexit means Britain would collect tariffs on the Irish border.
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Labour's Shadow Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner has suggested Brexit means Britain would collect tariffs on the Irish border.
Shadow Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner received more donations than any other MP in 2018 thanks to bumper payments from a law firm linked to the Chinese government.
After it was revealed that Barry Gardiner described the Good Friday Agreement as “a shibboleth” and one of Keir Starmer’s Brexit tests as “bollocks”, some are asking how the shadow international trade secretary held on to his job.
Audio & transcript of Barry Gardiner saying Labour's "exact same benefits" Brexit test is "bollocks"
Full transcript of Barry Gardiner’s answer to question on Northern Ireland border at Rosa Luxemburg Foundation event on 20 March 2018
Shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner described the Good Friday agreement as a ‘shibboleth’ at a private meeting of MEPs in Brussels last month.