Leave supporter Kate Hoey complimented Boris Johnson on his positive attitude towards Brexit and revealed some of the progress he had made on his trip to Northern Ireland this week. She also mentioned that Arlene Foster has made it very clear her support for Boris and his Brexit plan and expressed gratitude to the atmospheric shift surrounding Brexit. She told TalkRADIO’s Julia Hartley-Brewer: “Well it might surprise you to know that I’m a good friend of Arlene Foster and we had dinner last night because Ben Habib one of the Brexit Party MEPs for London is over.

“We are visiting the border area today because there is a border trail that I think everyone should visit because it shows exactly where everyone was killed over the years.

“We didn’t actually spend a lot of time talking about Brexit believe it or not.

“I think Arlene has made her position very clear, I have made my Brexit position very clear, I have my position very clear and Ben is a clear Brexit supporter.

“I think the important thing now is that there is a feeling and shift that I am delighted with.

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“It is that we have Prime Minister now genuinely believes we will have a great future out of the EU.

“Why we have had years of people saying negative things about it I don’t know.

“It is good now that there is someone at the head of our country who wants to stand up for our country.

“I hope the new negotiator that is going in is going to be very different from the kind of negotiator we seem to have had in the past, so I think there is a genuine air of optimism now.”

Also during the interview, Ms Hoey hinted at a shift in talks as she went into the details of Mr Johnson’s progress in Northern Ireland on Wednesday.

She said: “He repeated as he left that we are leaving at the end of October, he said ‘come what may’ and he also reiterated very clearly that the British government would never be putting up any kind of border.

“The backstop issue I think has moved on quite a lot because there is now a much greater recognition even by the Irish government itself, who said very clearly if there was no deal there was no need still for a border.”

Boris Johnson this week has been touring the UK meeting leaders of parties in Wales, Scotland and Northern Island to discuss the future of the UK moving forward with Brexit.

Wednesday saw DUP leader Arlene Foster insist that she and the party had faith in Mr Johnson to deliver his Brexit promise.

Despite the positive reception from the DUP, the Sinn Fein staged protest against the Prime Minister as the party leader Mary Lou McDonald demanded that there be vote on Irish reunification following a no deal Brexit.

The new Conservative leader has said the European Union need to make changes to the controversial backstop element within the withdrawal deal if a new agreement is to be reached before the deadline.

EU leaders have stuck firm insisting the withdrawal agreement, which was secured by Theresa May, will not be altered.

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