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I really would not yet trust TMay and the Tories on this.
"no regulatory divergence" to "regulatory alignment"
causes more problems than it solves.
The 'no divergence' option clearly meant continued membership of the Single Market and Customs Union. The 'regulatory alignment' means an authority has to judge whether whatever BrexitUK comes up with matches/meets the EU's existing regulatory framework. The EU already has an ultimate authority, the ECJ, which the brexitters will not accept, and the EU isn't going to set up some new arbitration panel just to appease the departing UK.
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If this happens, I am really happy for Northern Ireland as this place is still climbing out of a deep dark hole.
But it's also a strange solution, cos does it means "ussuns" from the EU can easily move to NI, but not to GB? If so, NI can continue on taking in talent from the EU, but it's probably not what Brexshit was supposed to mean.
And then it means any EU nationals in NI won't get hassle on pensions/rights/staying (as single market = EU rules) but ones in GB do? (outside the SM) it would great for me, but not really fair.