Shadow minister under fire over private remarks on Irish border

Barry Gardiner questioned about suggestion there are political reasons for playing up the issueThe shadow international trade secretary, Barry Gardiner, faced questions over whether he tells the truth in private or on television, during a heated interview that was labelled a “car crash” by the Conservatives.
During an interview on BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show, Gardiner was repeatedly asked about remarks he had made in private in which he said people were playing up the Irish bord