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Trivial aside: why pick a party name that is more likely to annoy than to rouse? Especially from a man who wanted to rebadge UKIP as the Independence Party
If nothing else, it's a major pigeonhole of a party that might want to unfurl a wider political project
Maybe all the good nouns were taken...
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Simon Usherwood
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Let's consider a perceptual problem with Brexit, namely the notion that it's a zero-sum game:

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For lots of people, this is exactly how they see it: my loss must be your gain

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That makes instinctive sense: why would anyone conclude an agreement that doesn't produce 'winners'?

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So, a reworking of the PD and a UK legal commitment to follow through on these.

Only 2 problems
Firstly, even if there's a UK act, it can't stop a subsequent act overturning it
Secondly, you can't compel EU to agree to revised PD or to conclude deal on those terms
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An oldie, but perhaps worth rehearsing the arguments once more:

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The issue with the Irish border is that there is simultaneously a need for a border (because the UK wants to leave the customs union and single market) and nowhere to put it (see graphic)

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What I didn't touch on then was what might be the way through this.

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