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1/7 Customs partnership isn’t enough to avoid border controls - we'll also need to copy EU rules on goods too infacts.org/7-home-truths-…
2/7 …but "Max Fac" isn’t even part of the solution. Embrace that and we undermine peace in Ireland and gum up our industries’ supply lines too.
3/7 Customs partnership doesn’t help services... To achieve that, we’d probably need to follow the EU’s rules on services too.
4/7 Customs partnership means being tangled in red tape...
5/7 … it won’t be ready for donkeys’ years. While we're waiting for Godot, we'll have to stay in customs union. No wonder Brexiters are going bananas.
6/7 All this would turn us into a rule-taker - or a "vassal state" as Boris Johnson used to say. Currently we make the rules.
7/7 Only good solution: stay in EU

As Cabinet thrashes around looking for a Brexit deal that will satisfy nobody, all the more reason for a #PeoplesVote with the option to stay in
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