For political reasons some ignore practical solutions and pretend the current EU arrangements are perfect. Such obstructionism helps no-one.
That means taking back full control – then using our new-found independence to its greatest possible benefit.
They will “come into force after the conclusion of the implementation period”, the Prime Minister told the Commons.
They propose a bespoke agreement that would permit mutual market access, with a Solvency II equivalence outcome built into it.
All in all, the Progress Document is something of a canine’s breakfast, with the Irish border tail wagging the UK dog.
I understand the Government’s keenness to achieve a free trade agreement with the EU, but we need to be careful that the price is not too high.
There is plenty of reason to check that the Government’s ones have been giving sound legal advice to ministers. Too often, it has been wrong.
The deal’s internal contradictions are coming back to haunt it, to the confusion of May, Varadkar, Juncker, Barnier – the whole lot of them.
Perhaps while Party members don’t like elements of the deal very much, their main emotional reaction to it is simply relief that trade talks are set to begin.
The challenge for aid donors and recipients alike is to work together to improve its efficiency and effectiveness.
Dublin is in danger of setting conditions that Westminster cannot meet. Instead, we must return to our historic willingness to navigate difficulties together.
Dublin likes to cite the Belfast Agreement, and we certainly all need what it exemplified – that’s to say, a good old-fashioned face-saving fudge.
The pessimism of some at home is contradicted by the successes of British businesses, and the rising interest in the UK that I see around the world.