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JWestland
It's pretty clear he lied about the UK government support part but unclear whether or not the interesting point that the UK couldn't bring in their own legislation is true or not.
I'd guess that if the UK brought in their own legislation it may face some restraint of trade challenge but my knowledge of EU law is also pretty poor.
On a related topic, on further reading it does appear that the EU has delayed introduction of the legislation until 2024 (or possibly 2022, different articles had different dates) in order to appease France (Renault) and Sweden (Volvo) which is pretty shitty.