You can call the government's objectives claptrap if you want to, but you are using the same old wrecking arguments we have been hearing for the last two years from remainers.
You may not believe that the government will get a deal with the EU and you point out that all has been words or 'claptrap' as you put it. And yet, within a year, you will be proved wrong. The UK will get a good deal (it's in the interests of both sides) and on top of that, we will be free to negotiate our own trade deals.
So not only will we still have pretty much the same ability to export to the EU without tariffs and with an agreement on the customs arrangements (outside the existing Customs Union), but the trade deals we want with other countries will be on top of that.
The leaders of some prominent EU countries have been voicing concern about Barnier's hard line approach, and as we near the deadline, he will have some climbing down to do from his high perch.
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And how is that, Andrew? They don't know what the deal is yet!
