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Hello and welcome to Coffeehouse Shots, the Spectator's Daily Politics Podcast.

I'm Isabel Hardman and this is the Sunday Roundup.

Despite the good weather and the calm sea air, not all has been harmonious at the G7 summit in Carbis Bay.

A row has erupted between Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron,

who, in a heated discussion about sausages and post-Brexit trading difficulties,

reportedly said that Northern Ireland was not part of the same country as the rest of the UK. The Foreign Secretary spoke to Andrew Maher about the incident.

So far as you're aware, and you've spoken to the Prime Minister, I'm sure,

did President Macron of France describe Northern Ireland as being not a proper full part of the UK?

Well, Andrew, forgive me if I don't divulge the detail of what was discussed behind closed doors.

What I will say is this. Actually, what I can tell you is various EU figures here in Carbis Bay,

but frankly, for months now and years, have characterised Northern Ireland as somehow separate country.

And that is wrong. It is a failure to understand the facts. It is a failure to appreciate

what speaking around Northern Ireland in those terms and approaching the issue of the Northern

Island protocol in those terms does. It causes damage to businesses from both communities in Northern Ireland,

creates deep consternation.

And we wouldn't talk about Catalonia in Barcelona or Corsica in France in those ways.

What we want now is a flexible approach which looks at all of the provisions in the Northern

Ireland protocol, not just those that protect the EU, but those that protect free flow between, of trade between Great Britain,

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