Where's the punishment?
• UK government choses to remove itself from EU SM and CU.
• UK gov chooses to minimise/denigrate importance of EU SM and CU in UK trade
• A bemused EU allows the UK to test its assumptions against reality
goo.gl/rVkWQK
• UK government choses to remove itself from EU SM and CU.
• UK gov chooses to minimise/denigrate importance of EU SM and CU in UK trade
• A bemused EU allows the UK to test its assumptions against reality
goo.gl/rVkWQK
The Leavers have spent the last 30+ months saying that the EU's Single Market, Customs Union and Common Commercial Policy effectively hold back British competitiveness and innovation.➡️
So the EU are saying "Off you trot, put your money where your mouth is; but - just so you're aware - please don't expect us to act as your safety net or to allow you to compromise the standards that we have established. Out of the EU means out of the SM". ➡️
This, no matter how Joseph McCarney from @Johnson_Matthey chooses to spin it, is not 'punishment'. It's the Sinatra Doctrine in action; go do it your way. It's the 'freedom' from the mythical tyranny of the EU's arduous regime of red tape that the UK government wanted. ⏹️
