Amidst mounting unionist and loyalist anger, the Prime Minister pledges to “work to ensure that there are no such borders” around Northern Ireland.
Truss declares: “The only we are going to recover the economy after Covid is through more trade. We want to see the whole world get vaccinated.”
Martin says “the Commission took the wrong mechanism in invoking Article 16 and the Protocol to deal with it”.
At least the Shadow Cabinet Office Minister “gives credit” to the Government for the “fantastic job of procuring vaccines.”
But the former Health Secretary cautions that “critical care beds are full of people between 60 and 75.”
The International Trade Secretary claims a trade deal with the US is also “in the pipeline” and adds that the UK “best of both worlds” on trade.
The former Prime Minister adds that it was “unacceptable” to have undermined the Good Friday Agreement.
“There will indeed be a time” for lessons – but “I don’t think that moment is now”, he adds.
“It’s hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic…I offer my deepest condolences to everyone who’s lost a loved one.”
“We’re in a race against time to get the vaccine out across the country.”
“When I get the opportunity… I can set out these things fully.”
And the NHS has now vaccinated three quarters of the over-80s.
“I’ve been raising the issue from last April… time and time again.”
“For us in Northern Ireland, what we have to do at the moment is all come together to fight against Covid.”
Although he adds that “the lockdown is starting to bring cases down”.