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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
The simple answer is that the electorate voted to leave. That means we either leave with a deal with the EU which does not impact on our ability to forge new trade deals or we leave under WTO rules. That's how it works. No point in nit-picking, we just have to get on and do it.
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Wow, you even use her catchphrases. (Job to be gotten on with / to be getting on with etc etc).
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What exactly do you perceive to be wrong with the Chequers deal, or are you just relying on the reaction of the Brexiteers?
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Okay let's try this the other way round, you tell us what you like about the thing.
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The only thing about it that bothers me is the 'common rulebook' because I can't make out if that would only apply to goods to and from the EU or whether it would apply to all trade that we do with other countries as well.
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Never mind the fact that even though the 4 principles of the EU are indivisible, May thought that she would give it a go anyway. (Leave the CET but align on goods, not services or people, but wants the freedom of zero tariffs plus her ability to strike trade deals etc).
Some people have an inability to take no for an answer.
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If the former, this is just like any comprehensive trade deal we might enter into with any country. If the latter, it is unacceptable.
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By whose metrics? (Assuming that you are not judge and jury here). How ignoble of you to give your blessing to the former, though.