To use just one example, the EU faces a higher tariff than the UK right now. So far as I know, there are no tariffs on UK-EU trade. So a customs union is merely an exercise in forfeiting trading sove… (View Post)

If we want to reverse demographic trends we need to create a society where women feel economically secure having children in their 20s and 30s. (View Post)

I think - or perhaps hope! - that some of this stuff is amenable to very boring technical negotiation rather than a full fat customs union. After all, the UK is a net importer of EU goods, so it ough… (View Post)

Critics of HMRC obviously have no experience with the IRS. (View Post)

I heard that @Sandpit and @Luckyguy1983 actually refuse to allow chairs in the house, preferring, like Lady Whiteadder, to sit on a spike. (View Post)