[jfman]

Indeed.

Those in favour are missing a trick though. It’s Brexit without the risk. The conversation moves on and we have left the EU legally. Remaining is no longer in the conversation.

A customs union could apply to goods (which is ideal really) but not services. This would allow the UK to strike deals with the rest of the world on the supply of services.

If, down the line, we wanted to renegotiate or leave a customs union we could. Freedom of movement would have long since been dead. It becomes a conversation about trade only. We can all agree we want more trade that benefits us?

Remainers are fighting for the “whole package”. Eliminate some of it and reduce it to a trade discussion in five years time and far fewer numbers will be interested in the debate at all.