It's back:
Boris Johnson has 'resurrected' Theresa May's customs partnership, source familiar with plans says
'NI effectively stays in the EU customs union but for the purposes of trade it's in UK customs union,' source says. 'It's a fudge'
Will ERG be able to stomach it?
Boris Johnson has 'resurrected' Theresa May's customs partnership, source familiar with plans says
'NI effectively stays in the EU customs union but for the purposes of trade it's in UK customs union,' source says. 'It's a fudge'
Will ERG be able to stomach it?
Here's what Jacob Rees-Mogg, who is now Leader of the Commons but was then head of the ERG, had to say about the customs partnership last time round:
'It’s completely cretinous, the silliest thing I could possibly think of - it’s a betrayal of good sense'
'It’s completely cretinous, the silliest thing I could possibly think of - it’s a betrayal of good sense'
Boris Johnson himself had significant reservations about a customs partnership
He said it was 'totally untried and would make it very, very difficult to do free trade deals'
'You have a crazy system whereby you end up collecting tariffs on behalf of the EU at the UK frontier'
He said it was 'totally untried and would make it very, very difficult to do free trade deals'
'You have a crazy system whereby you end up collecting tariffs on behalf of the EU at the UK frontier'
