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Leo Varadkar: Can the British government be trusted?

Ireland's deputy prime minister has warned governments doing trade deals with the UK that it is a nation that "doesn't necessarily keep its word".

Leo Varadkar made the comment after Dominic Cummings suggested the UK had always intended to tear up the Brexit deal it signed with the EU in 2019.

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13 October 2021

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