• First three are materially identical to May's deal, four and five are ambitions that are likely to be accepted but with strict limits and exceptions, and were in the PD with May IIRC.

    It's logical - they had to suggest something that they could get done in the first six months as the manifesto commits them to, so recycling a deal that the EU has already agreed to but with a fresh coat of paint makes sense.

  • May’s deal didn’t explicitly include a customs union, it was implicit in the UK wide backstop should alternative arrangements not be found for the Irish border.

    Which they wouldn’t because flying unicorns are hard to find.

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