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Doesn't the Labour Leader look like a right chump? He can't find anything wrong with the trade agreement so he has to invent criticisms around what's not in the agreement.

https://labour.org.uk/press/full-tex...eu-trade-deal/

It does not provide adequate protections for British manufacturing.

Our financial services.

Creative industries.

Or workplace rights.

It is not the deal the government promised.

Far from it.

And there are serious questions about the Government’s preparedness for the new arrangements.

Leaving everything to the last minute has made it even more difficult for businesses to be ready.

A better deal could have been negotiated.

What is that cobblers about workplace rights? It's a frigging trade agreement not an arm of the ILO.

He says that "a better deal could have been negotiated". How? They were never going to go beyond withdrawable equivalence for financial services; ever. What "adequate provisions for British manufacturing"? Is he sure that it's not enough for the Japanese motor manufacturers to be satisfied to remain in the UK?

His criticisms are thin. That's the truth. Of course the agreement is thin - nothing better could have been negotiated. It's thin because we have achieved our sovereignty. Indeed it is remarkably good that we have quota/tariff free trade with the EU.

Starmer is worse than those whingers in this thread who have not been reasonable.