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Last I checked, Corbyn has requested something that isn't actually a customs union, but wants to call it that, but May actually does want a customs union, but d
by inflatableDodo 8y ago
Last I checked, Corbyn has requested something that isn't actually a customs union, but wants to call it that, but May actually does want a customs union, but doesn't want to call it that.
- ineedasername 8y agoNear as I can tell, apart from the hard-line Brexiters that would be perfectly happy with crashing out of the EU without any deal, May and the other Tories want something resembling a customs union that retains the sovereign right of the UK to withdraw at any time and also make deals with non-EU partners on vastly different terms than what they have with the EU. This was a major part of the anti-EU sentiment: Being in the EU, you can't just make a deal with another non-EU country. Corbyn, regardless of what he actually wants out of any sort of Brexit, I believe is now angling for a General Election that would likely swing at least a little more support towards Labour. Despite the large EU Remainer elements in Labour though, Corbyn is himself about as much anti-EU as some folks on the Tory side, albeit in a different direction.