Guido Fawkes, Tom Newton-Dunn and the Evening Standard diary banded together to suggest that I was about to do a far, far better thing than I have ever done…
This is because in order to maximise opportunities, we must have control over our tariff schedules and our domestic regulation.
The British economy is already strong, and leaving the customs union will open the door to even broader horizons.
Doomsday predictions remain overblown, but the real, specific concerns of business are worth listening to nonetheless.
The Northern Irish border and much of the Irish economy hinges on a deep partnership with the UK which will struggle to straddle the EU frontier.
The Labour leader continues to oppose the Government’s line on Brexit while supporting it in the essentials.
It is unlikely that the mass of such voters in those crucial northern and midlands marginals would welcome a permissive approach.
We simply don’t know yet what outcome could command a broad consensus. Everything short of no deal and remaining in the EU should be kept on the table.
Many of Brussels’ demands, including for continued oversight by the European Court, are quite simply preposterous.
The Queen’s Speech provides concrete facts to grip on to and analyse, and a clear indicator of how the Government intends to lead our country.
The news is not all bad for supporters of Leave. But a weakened Government needs third party support to deliver not so much a Soft or Hard Brexit as a clean one.
After negotiations with the rest of the EU have been completed, the final agreement must be brought back to Parliament.
The Union has already signed up to an FTA) with Canada. Surely we should be able to agree a similar deal for the UK – if not one substantially deeper.