Pro-EU Lords will not be able to block Brexit measures that are set out in May’s programme for Government.
The Government must try to build from the essentials out – security, legal certainty, frictionless trade. Zero tariffs would be the icing on the cake.
We are keen to gather views from interested parties (such as businesses, industry groups, politicians, academics and others) about what would happen.
There is much more to politics than an affordable state and competitive taxes. But both will be indispensible for survival, let alone prosperity, after we leave the EU.
Get policy right, and our farmers and growers can, and will, innovate and seize the opportunities that change will undoubtedly bring.
Economically and psychologically, Ireland is closer to Boston than Berlin, and to Britain than Germany.
Problems that it may cause our nearest and closest neighbour would also be problems for us.
The sector is already a success story – this is a chance to make it even better.
Exports are up more than 70 per cent.
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of Peel moving his great measure – to which much of the Lords was also opposed.
The effects of Britain’s EU experience and of the Trump admistration’s stance are two big unknowns.
Do we want a New Zealand model of little or no support, or a Norwegian model of high levels of support designed to keep farmers on the land?
Neither “Stop it or we’ll leave” nor “OK, we’ll comply but give us time” are good enough
It turns out that the arbiter for all but a relatively narrow range of complaints will be the BBC’s own Unitary Board.