The opposition parties continually say that the government has no Brexit plan, even though the May has said early on, that the UK will leave both the Single Market and Custom Union – which is a lot more than Labour, who flip-flop on being in one or both.
As part of a new set of government initiatives, David Davis to get more pro-active with an EU today (not moving on their opening demands, yet complaining they don’t know what we want) called for a temporary customs deal with the EU after Brexit, as a basis for a negotiation to an EU that in cash terms, sells more to us than we do to them – so mutually beneficial one would think.
With the view of being able to negotiate trade deals after the 2-years from Article 50, the Brexit Secretary said securing an interim customs arrangement, lasting for two to three years, and after that there should be 'streamlined' borders with as little 'friction' on trade as possible.
Ms Sturgeon recently posted on Twitter: 'Seems UK gov is back to its daft 'have cake and eat it' approach to Brexit. They should commit to staying in single market and CU, period.'
And there we typically have it from HM Opposition parties, while the government looks for a ‘softer’ Brexit, all along a ‘Soft Brexit’ to them meant STAYING IN the EU, in one form or another.
The EU’s firm opening position that the UK has the European Court of Justice supreme over our courts re their citizens living here (because they think they can, even if not repeated anywhere else in the world outside the EU), and the UK has to agree a multi tens of billions divorce bill WITHOUT KNOWING what we are going to get for it in trade etc, is an aggressive joke of a hostile counterparty looking to rip our eyes out – but I bet the opposition parties SUPPORT the EU’s positions, as they want to oppose them in parliament with an agenda for a 2nd referendum.
The UK cannot negotiate a deal given those preconditions, so I can understand the headline “Britain threatens to impose VAT and customs duties on EU imports if there is no Brexit deal” - and lets see what EU companies say to their overly political negotiators, who pretend they want a future relationship with us, but offer us nothing up front for THEIR demands.