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Next week should be interesting as the Coalition of Chaos argues about a potential customs union with the EU. How else to prevent a hard border with Ireland?

Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Liam Fox will this week warn against joining a Customs Union with the EU after Brexit in a potentially "explosive" Cabinet confrontation.
The three eurosceptic Cabinet ministers will say that Britain must be able to strike free trade deals after it leaves the European Union as the issue is debated for the first time by senior members of the Government.
Philip Hammond, the Chancellor, Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary, and Greg Clark, the Business Secretary, have argued for a new Customs Union to limit the loss of trade with Europe, reduce the need for new customs procedures and avoid a hard border in Ireland.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/...t-post-brexit/

The Tories have been thrown into further turmoil over whether the UK will leave the customs union after two Remainers tabled amendments to Brexit legislation to remain inside — a day after a cabinet minister argued for an exit.
Liam Fox intervened yesterday to say that Britain should not be involved in any customs union with the EU after Brexit, putting himself at odds with the prime minister who appeared to leave the door open to some form of agreement.
Today, Anna Soubry and Ken Clarke tabled amendments to two key pieces of Brexit legislation which, if agreed by MPs, would keep the UK in the customs union after withdrawal.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/n...-fox-kvp7wlg08