Two British politicians are being torn to pieces for their views about Ireland and Brexit

To be expected.

A UKIP MEP has suggested that the UK threaten to revoke their common travel area with Ireland over the Irish government's stance on Brexit. Ireland's position has remained consistent since the beginning of Brexit talks — any negotiations cannot progress past their first stage until a satisfactory solution is found to the issue of the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland. For whatever reason, a large majority of pundits and politicians in Great Britain have only actually started paying attention to that stance in the last few weeks, and they are not happy. Yesterday, UKIP MEP Gerard Batten wrote on Twitter "UK threatened by Ireland. A tiny country that relies on the UK for its existence. We should advise, we are free to revoke common travel area." When it was put to him that Ireland was able to hold such a strong stance on any negotiations due to their membership of the EU, Batten simply said: "Ireland is like the weakest kid in the playground sucking up to the EU bullies." https://twitter.com/GerardBattenMEP/status/934821820859068417 Again, he has claimed that Ireland 'relies on UK for its existence.' Its existence. https://twitter.com/GerardBattenMEP/status/934920090285428742 When he was informed that Ireland is simply seeking to protect its own interests, he ignored that too, saying "Ireland is nothing but a subservient client state of EU." https://twitter.com/GerardBattenMEP/status/934919135561166848 Elsewhere, Kate Hoey, Labour MP for the constituency of Vauxhall, is being torn to pieces online after saying on the radio that Ireland will have to pay for the border between the Republic and the North once Brexit is complete. Speaking on BBC Radio 4 Today, the Labour Brexiteer channeled her inner-Donald Trump when claiming that Ireland would have to pay for the border that would only exist as a result of Britain's choice to exit the EU. On the subject of a border or customs posts, Hoey said "At end of the day we won’t put up the border. They’ll have to pay for it." https://twitter.com/lsebrexitvote/status/935066356843712512 Hoey has been jabbing at Ireland for the past few days now, sharing an article on Twitter two days ago that urged Leo Varadkar to "stop the hypocrisy." https://twitter.com/KateHoeyMP/status/934372055306440705 Well, her comments on the radio didn't go unnoticed. https://twitter.com/daraobriain/status/935098674132279297 https://twitter.com/AidanKerrTweets/status/935071376247021568 https://twitter.com/PolhomeEditor/status/935066345032617984 https://twitter.com/PeterKGeoghegan/status/935067228067848192 https://twitter.com/rodkelly50/status/935066916829499392 https://twitter.com/PaulbernalUK/status/935081669387784192 https://twitter.com/TheOnlyMUFC/status/935106894934499328