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Web Designer Guy wrote on Tue Feb 11, 2020 5:08pm:
Perhaps I should have said, "remain in something that looks, feels and smells like a customs union, only with a different name" ;-)
As you say, any arrangement will depend on the planning and implementation, and therein lies the problem, there simply isn't the time, assuming the Dec 31st 2020 date is adhered too.
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It's a really tough place to be, but I can see why Boris has put himself in this position. He's almost had no option. Without a deadline, the EU will drag its heels, you can't blame them, it's a proven tactic, they know that every day it delays the UK government gets weaker in its position.
For all his faults, and he's many, and again I say I'm no fan, but Boris is no fool. He pretends to be a lot of the time, but he's an extremely sharp cookie who understands how politics works. He's also proven he's got the balls to call the EU's bluff, so while the discussion about how and why the UK has gotten itself into this position, he's most likely the best person to see the job done with the minimum of pain. It's just a matter of explaining to the dreamers that there will be pain, a lot of it, but democracy have to win over fear, so buckle up!
Forming, storming, norming and performing - the house of change beckons. We are in the storming phase of negotiations - it's always turbulent.
I'm probably more optimistic than yourself and as you say somewhere in between lies the truth.
