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So @theresa_may floated idea to EU leaders of setting target date of end 2021 for start of long-term future relationship between UK and EU, which would mean we would be in backstop or extended transition for a maximum of one year. If EU leaders sign up, that would be...
...strong reassuring statement of intent and signal to the more moderate Tory Brexiters and DUP MPs. But it would be no more than a symbol. It would not be legally binding. And for the Brexiter and DUP purists, it would say the opposite of what May wants it to say, namely we...
...would be triggering the backstop and entering the customs territory with no certainty of exit. So it could reduce @theresa_may’s margin of defeat in that meaningful vote of MPs but she would still probably lose
