Today’s Brexit thoughts ... 1. If we want to avoid border infrastructure in Northern Ireland, a customs union with the EU is necessary but not sufficient
2. Staying in the single market is next logical step - it’s the only realistic way to protect large chunks of our services sector & deal with non tariff barriers to all UK-EU trade
3. The idea that there is any Brexit dividend is for the birds - less foreign investment, more complicated trade, and greater economic uncertainty equals a lower tax take and less money to invest in public services
4. And finally, the issue with the Single Market and Labour’s manifesto is NOT state aid or competition rules, it’s the fact that if we leave it, the economy will suffer and the cupboard will be bare for a future Labour Chancellor.
