Tetchytyke
Veteran Member
And isnt that exactly what labour say they would do also - get a better deal?
No, Labour are happy to remain in the customs union and always have been. That removes the main issue of the backstop and allows a negotiation to achieve a similar settlement to Norway or Switzerland.
The hated backstop is a negotiated solution to one of our red lines- complete withdrawal from the customs union- and not one of theirs. Stay in the customs union and we don't need to deal with Northern Ireland in quite the same way.
It's also rather churlish to blame the EU for the Irish question. If our current Tory government want to "take back control of our borders", we can't leave a whacking great open border and shrug. It's the old Tory and Unionist way, forgetting Eire isn't ours and expecting James to bally well do as he's told.
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