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Originally Posted by Damien
It is a weird framing. I am not quite sure he meant to put it like that because it does leave the question open on that if it's so good for NI to have access to the single market then why not the rest of the U.K?
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Because that would be to invite a re-run of the debate over whether single market access is worth the price paid in loss of sovereign control of various aspects of domestic policy. NI can now, more or less, enjoy the same freedom to diverge from onerous EU regulations on products intended for sale within NI that the rest of the UK has.
I’ve noted the usual Twitter bores simpering that ‘this is what we had’ all day today and it’s really a bit tedious now. You may agree with the argument or you may disagree with it, but please don’t pretend it doesn’t exist.