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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Well, that's the whole point, nobody knows because we don't know what form this customs deal will ultimately take. All these figures are wild speculation, and inflated beyond credibility.
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He was commenting on a proposal from the government. If we went down the road of the 'Max Fac' deal proposed, that's what it would cost. Of course the final deal may give different results but you can certainly model potential scenarios to get some ideas of relative costs.
Not modelling outcomes of proposals as we don't know 100% what will happen is a very 'zen' way of doing things but not a way to run a country. It is right for the HMRC, the countries experts in revenue and customs of course, to run models and feed these back to the politicians to aid decision making. Otherwise, we're just guessing...