The British government had put forward legislation that could break a commitment to avoid a physical customs border in Ireland.

英国政府提出的立法可能会违背避免在爱尔兰设立实际海关边界的承诺。

And I secured instead a UK-wide temporary customs arrangement – avoiding both a hard border on the island of Ireland and a customs border down the Irish Sea.

相反地，我改为坚持一项全英国范围内的临时海关安排—能够同时避免爱尔兰岛的领土边界和爱尔兰海域的海关边界问题。

They have 10 votes, and he's just alienated them by agreeing to what is effectively a customs border in the middle of the Irish Sea...

该政党拥有10个投票权，而此前因为在爱尔兰海中设置海关边界的提议，约翰逊与该党逐渐疏远。