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1/ Dear Keir Starmer - the House of Commons has voted against Labour's customs union plan as we predicted. The Conservatives will never vote for a customs union after brexit.
2/ Mr Starmer @Keir_Starmer as you have recently said in Parliament, the Norway-Sweden border is smooth but not completely frictionless. But if the UK stayed in the EEA via efta it would make the border problems that much more surmountable than otherwise.
3/ that is why we have created this report which offers constructive advice on how the UK could enter a temporary customs union which would be superceded by a new bilateral customs arrangement /end efta4uk.eu/wp-content/upl…
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2/ if the UK drops substantively all its import tariffs, then signing new free trade agreements becomes much, much harder. @EdConwaySky
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1/ ITV's Brexit Online Uncovered is must watch television. itv.com/hub/exposure-b…
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BREXIT: The europhobic ERG have been pretty quiet of late. But we might know why. Let's look into our crystal balls... [1]
2/ let's say it's May the 1st. Article 50 was slightly extended (to allow all necessary legislation to pass through Parliament) and we have now left on may 1st. The ERG can take a few weeks off while the £ rollercoasters downhill and up (but mostly down).
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