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Old 19-08-2019, 21:23   #1230
jfman
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Re: PM Boris forms a government

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Originally Posted by Pierre View Post
No.

I refer to the statements made numerous times by the then PM and just about every other talking head at the time.

- Leave the Single Market
- Leave the Customs Union
- Leave the jurisdictions of the ECJ.

That it what we were told Brexit was. It was, and to suggest otherwise is an outright lie.

The Backstop fails on point 2.
That's how Brexit has been redefined after the fact. You know this as well as I do, I fail to see the value in perpetuating the myth. Especially as it's broadly irrelevant - the EU won't budge because it protects the integrity of the Single Market.

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