Movement on the not the customs union but not the customs unions we have to be able to strike independant trade deals. I wonder if actually May has played a very clever hand and the huge defeat was planned. Certainly going in without the support of the ERG and DUP was suicide. But she went through with it partly no choice partly as a test and demonstration. I also thought the DUP making it very clear to her she would have lost without them was significant in the politics. Expect lots of work on the backstop. If she gets the DUP and ERG on board she does not need other parties that said it would be wrong to exclude them. I don't blame May for not engaging with them before they have been playing silly games. Hopefully now common sense will prevail on all parties. I want a deal and I want broad (as much as possible national concensus ) and if that means it's not the perfect brexiteer brexit so be it.
Last edited by Stanley Park; 16/01/19 09:05 PM.