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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
We do not need to be in a customs union. We can have an agreement which does not fetter our ability to trade with the rest of the world, but there is no point in staying in the Customs Union but pulling out of the EU. That simply doesn't make sense.
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No...none of the vote to leave the EU has at all, to date.
Let's see what we can make of it, though.
You are right, the UK does not need to be in a custom's union...nobody is disputing that.
You just can't have friction-less trade with the EU then.
Your call to make.
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We will get a bespoke deal that addresses all these issues, but remaining in the Customs Union won't be one of them.
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How can you be so sure that you will get such a deal...how do you know that other nations don't just say "thanks, but no - we don't want a FTA with the UK either...we'll just go to WTO rules as well". Well?
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The future outside of the EU, by comparison, is distinctly rosy. I do believe the country is ready to take on the challenge.
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Half of the country was avidly opposed to taking the challenge in the first place....