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Originally Posted by Chris
It doesn’t automatically trap us in a customs union forever, but if the backstop as currently conceived is triggered, it does trap us in one until the EU agrees we can leave. Unlike Article 50, under which we have the right to walk away, the backstop within the withdrawal agreement surrenders that right. Given the many things various EU members might want to extract concessions over - fishing access, Gibraltar, to name but two - it is intolerable for us to allow ourselves to be trapped in such a way. The backstop is such an insane idea that I have trouble believing May ever believed it would get past Parliament. In fact I find it easier to believe that she brought it back so that parliament could reject it and (hopefully) strengthen her hand to gain a better deal from the EU.
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Wasn't the back stop Mrs Mays idea, tbh I've not read it but the little I've managed to learn after filtering out the bs the fanatics peddle, it seems to me that being in it is the cake and eat it situation we were told we couldn't have, no extra payments, no free movement, no new laws and complete unfettered access to and as part of the customs union tariff free for our goods and more importantly services. I must have misunderstood it what with being so bored of the whole thing and a bit of a thicko but I can't believe the EU agreed to this let alone as some would believe came up with it, seems to me it goes against all the principles they claim to hold so dear, plus I bet there's a way out of it to, it was claimed by some that we couldn't get out after golden brown signed us up to Lisbon treaty, when not only could we there was a specific mechanism to enable it